Non-Chinese culture is repressed or reduced to a tourist attraction in Xinjiang. But exile and sorrow have produced a flurry of poetry and creativity among the diaspora.
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“Poverty Has Been Eliminated in China”—Only, It Is Not True
Triumphal ceremonies hailed Xi Jinping’s victory in the “war on poverty.” But data are either false or misinterpreted.
China’s Secret Weapon: Changing the Meaning of “Human Rights”
For the first time in history, a Chinese Foreign Minister addressed the UN Human Rights Council. His speech was a textbook example of Orwellian “newspeak.”
Church of Almighty God Refugee Cases Discussed in New Book
Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė explore while some asylum applications are still rejected, and what can be done about it.
Xi Jinping Cracks Down on Feng Shui
Party members are punished for engaging in “superstitious activities.” Normally, such campaigns soon extend to the general population.
“Fighting Corruption”: Xi Jinping’s Code Word for “Fighting Dissent”
Before you applaud the CCP’s anti-corruption measures, consider that in China the notion of corruption is politically constructed and includes criticism of the Party.
Persecution of The Church of Almighty God: From Bad to Worse
The British Conservative Party Human Rights Commission report called again the attention on a brutal campaign of repression, made worse by COVID-19.
The UK Conservative Party Report: China’s Deepening Darkness
An avalanche of damning rhetoric and condemnation of China poured from the pages of a new report out last week. But will action follow?
How United Front Manipulates Relations Between China and Switzerland
After the scandal of the secret deal on migrants and refugees, a study by the specialized Czech center Sinopsis sheds new light on a strange relationship.
Zhonggong: The “Cult” That Refused to Die
Hundreds of police hunt for a new incarnation of a group the CCP believed it had successfully eradicated in 2016.