The world’s largest luxury goods group cannot be classified among China’s “useful idiots.” Yet, it subtly supports Xi Jinping’s regime.
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The Catholic Church in China, AD 2024: A Tale of Two Sinicizations and Two Dragons
This year is full of symbolism, anniversaries, and deadlines. It can mark the beginning of the end of the Catholic Church in China—or the end of the beginning.
Lunar New Year Vacation Homework for Chinese Religions: Teach the “Five Identifications”
The United Front told the leaders of the five authorized religions that holidays should be an opportunity to teach believers to identify with China, the CCP, and socialism.
China’s Own Propaganda Side Event at the UN Human Rights Council
In connection with its Universal Periodic Review, the CCP regime mobilized fake “experts” to “applaud China’s achievements in human rights protection.”
No Horse Racing, Please, We’re Chinese: The End of a Venerable Tradition in Macau
The government closed horse racing activities as they “do not correspond to the developmental needs of society”—nor to Xi Jinping’s new “red” moralism.
A New Level of Disinformation: China’s AI-Generated Videos Attract 120 Million Views
A report explains how AI is changing the fake news game. Beijing has emerged at the main global player, using YouTube for a massive propaganda effort.
Business Is Booming in Northwest China—So Is Uyghur Slave Labor
The mystery of flourishing trade from the Uyghur region is being exposed by scholars determined to plumb the depths of forced labor in northwestern China.
First Anthology of Uyghur Poetry in English. 2. The Time of Tragedy
The 20th- and 21st-century sections of the anthology “Uyghur Poems” edited by Aziz Isa Elkun tell a story of suffering and persecution.
First Anthology of Uyghur Poetry in English. 1. Poets Sing of a Fight for Freedom
Exiled poet and translator Aziz Isa Elkun is the editor of “Uyghur Poems” in the Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets series.
The Best Painting Ever May Well Be One Split in Two Between China and Taiwan
The strange story of “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains,” the 14th century masterpiece by Huang Gongwang, does not deduct from its greatness.