Bitter Winter
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

NEWS FROM CHINA

Kazakh Scholar Sentenced in Xinjiang for “Misinterpreting” a Poet
Kazakh Scholar Sentenced in Xinjiang for “Misinterpreting” a Poet
NEWS FROM THE WORLD

The Unification Church Verdict: The New Martyrs of Japan
A profoundly wrong court decision tries to assassinate a religious organization.
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TESTIMONIES FROM CHINA
“The Broken China Dream”: Xi Jinping, the West, and the Prosperity Trap
If you thought that capitalism and the rise of Chinese billionaires would soften the Communist Party’s totalitarian rule, now you need to think again.
TESTIMONIES FROM THE WORLD
Korea: Pastor Son Is Free—But His School Is Not
After 143 days of unjust detention, the conservative Protestant leader was released. But the authorities continue to harass the educational institution he founded.
FEATURED 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.
FEATURED INTERNATIONAL
The Truth, Please, About Steven Hassan. 3. Is He Really an “Expert”?
Hassan’s “authority” does not come from academia but from his past as a “cult” member and a deprogrammer.
OP-EDS CHINA
A Puzzle Wrapped in Barbed Wire: Why China Attacked India in 2020
A book tries to answer a question that has haunted experts for several years: the attack was irrational. Why did China do it?
OP-EDS INTERNATIONAL
Japan: The Dissolution of the Unification Church and International Law. 2. A Call to a Silent Media
A confirmed decision of dissolution would dramatically diminish Japan’s international standing.
INTERVIEWS

Japan, Misunderstanding the Unification Church: An Interview with Masumi Fukuda
A candid account of the path that led a non-religious journalist to uncover inconvenient truths about the anti-cult campaigns following Shinzo Abe’s assassination.
DOCUMENT AND TRANSLATIONS

韓国:教会を恣意的に解散させる法律
現在、韓国国会で審議中の法案は、民主主義諸国の中でも最も苛烈な内容であり、同国における宗教の自由の静かな終焉を意味する。






