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Inner Mongolia: The CCP Tries to Blame All Problems on “Cults”

09/04/2020Massimo Introvigne |

While protests on school reforms continue, the authorities launch a “Prevention of Xie Jiao Propaganda Month,” and claim that banned religious groups are threatening the region’s stability.

by Massimo Introvigne

The opening ceremony of the “Prevention of Xie Jiao Propaganda Month” in Höhhot (from Twitter).
The opening ceremony of the “Prevention of Xie Jiao Propaganda Month” in Höhhot (from Twitter).

Inner Mongolia, which local Mongols prefer to call Southern Mongolia, is making headline news throughout the world because of the protests against the school reform making Chinese the main language in the region, and confining Mongolian to a marginal role. The CCP is reacting to the protests with a severe crackdown. It also does something it usually does in crisis situations. It blames problems and instability on xie jiao, a term translated by the CCP itself as “evil cults” but meaning in fact “heterodox teachings,” and used to label banned religious movements such as Falun Gong and The Church of Almighty God.

On August 28, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Anti-Xie-Jiao Association launched throughout the region the “Prevention of Xie Jiao Propaganda Month,” through an event in the prefecture-level city of Höhhot (perhaps chosen because it has a large majority of Han Chinese). The anti-xie-jiao month was started by pressing buttons on a strange-looking orb.

Zhao Jianmin, Secretary General of the Anti-Xie-Jiao Association, stated in his opening speech that  “the struggle against the xie jiao is a contest between justice and evil, and it is a political struggle to consolidate political power and maintain stability in the frontier.” Obviously, he added that the anti-xie-jiao propaganda month “should be guided by Xi Jinping’s thought for the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, thoroughly implement the spirit of the CCP Central Committee’s instructions on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, and target cult organizations using the new coronavirus epidemic to create various rumors and disrupt society.”

Until September 28, events will be organized, and banners and brochures distributed, teaching “all ethnic groups in Inner Mongolia to guard against cults, and make positive contributions to building a safe and stable barrier at the motherland’s northern borders.” It is an interesting combination of the fight against so-called separatism, against any criticism about how CCP managed the COVID-19 epidemic—and against the xie jiao, that the Party uses as a convenient scapegoat for all its problems.

Tagged With: Southern Mongolia, Xie Jiao Organizations

Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne

Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press’ Nova Religio.  From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the “Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions” of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.

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