Accusing the CAG of a crime it never committed was part of a broader fake news campaign against the religious movement.
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The McDonald’s Murder in Zhaoyuan, 2014–2024. 1. China’s Largest Fake News Campaign of the 21st Century
Tens of thousands of articles accused The Church of Almighty God of a murder that was committed by a different religious group.
Words Used for Cultural Genocide: How “Northern Frontier” Is Replacing “Inner Mongolia”
They are starting with adjectives. “Mongolian culture” becomes mandatorily “Northern Frontier culture.”
Walter Did Not Save Sarajevo
Chinese tourists go to the Bosnian capital looking for relics of the story told in a Yugoslavian propaganda movie that was very popular in China.
The CCP Insists that Chinese Islam Should Be “Confucianized”
References to the Jinling School hide a call to “Sinicization” intended as unquestioning alignment with the Communist Party.
CCP Insists on Falsifying the History of “Humanistic Buddhism”
A forum was held in Shanghai, a city that was really the cradle of the Buddhist current—which was, however, never Marxist, and later developed mostly in Taiwan.
USCIRF Exposes “Sinicization” of Religion
In an excellent report using inter alia 21 “Bitter Winter” articles as sources, the U.S. agency explains that the policy is aimed at making religion more subservient to the CCP, not more Chinese.
Beijing’s Transnational Repression of Dissidents: From Bad to Worse
The chilling story of a Uyghur reporter exiled in the US is the sad tip of a shivering iceberg.
“Buddhist Diplomacy” and China’s Support of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
The Russian Traditional Buddhist Sangha is a staunch supporter of Putin’s war. China Buddhist Association is helping it make inroads into international Buddhist organizations.
China’s “Polar Silk Road.” 2. A Threat to Freedom, Ecology, and Human Rights
The Chinese pursuit of its geopolitical interests in the Arctic threatens academic freedom, the environment, and the rights of the indigenous people.