The Chinese Communist Party spells out its program of total control: “Sinicize,” manage, guide, and punish.
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China Hails Japan’s Dissolution of the Unification Church
The Chinese Communist Party celebrates Japan’s court ruling as a welcome boost to its global campaign against an unwelcome church.
Kang Youwei: A Confucian Monarchist in the New World
A monumental book focuses on the American years and mystical utopianism of a reformer who has been curiously rediscovered in Xi Jinping’s China
Echoes of the Sacred: Jao Tsung-I’s Chinese Religion Across Five Millennia
An erudite journey through China’s spiritual imagination, where oracle bones, Daoist talismans, and Chan enlightenment form a single, continuous conversation.
The Mystical Resistance of the Surrealists in Communist China
A fascinating book shows how Surrealism, “from Mao to now,” served as a survival strategy for dissident artists—and sometimes a gateway to spirituality.
The Luminous Nestorians: When Christianity Was Already Chinese
Political Sinicization is not the only possible or desirable form of Sinicization. A new book on Jingjiao offers an alternative.
When Marx Meets the Dragon Vein: The Return of Feng Shui in the Chinese Communist Party
In Xi’s China, even atheism has good Feng Shui—as long as the state is the only geomancer in town.
China’s Crackdown on Gaia Earth Core: Consumer Protection or Authoritarian Control?
A movement with over 10,000 members may have violated consumer protection laws. But the repression is also part of a campaign to eliminate independent spiritual organizations.
U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China
The document released by the U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission on China (quoting several “Bitter Winter” articles) insists on religious persecution.
“Imprisoned Souls” by Aziz Isa Elkun: A Review
A new anthology reveals the suppressed voices of Uyghur poets, most of whom are in jail.