Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 2, 2018 Xiayi County Education and Sports Bureau in Henan and local town authorities jointly issued a requirement for all local schools, including private schools, to strengthen the ideological education of the students and...
Anti-Religion Activity in Schools
Schools Suppress Religious Freedoms, a Teacher Scolds and Hits a Student
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 31, 2018 Bitter Winter is receiving many reports from mainland China of schools suppressing religious freedoms. This has especially intensified since the adoption of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs in February 2018,...
Preschools Join the Crackdown on Religious Freedoms
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 A source informed Bitter Winter recently that, in April, a preschool in Luanchuan County, which is part of the prefecture-level city of Luoyang, Henan, sent a WeChat (a popular messaging and social media application...
Chinese Government Increases Measures Against Religion in Schools
Source: ChinaAid Date: May 13, 2018 ChinaAid reports on the government’s violations of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religious belief by prohibiting citizens from participating in religious activities in schools. China’s Ministry of Education issued a...
Documents and Pictures We Obtained from China
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 4, 2018 Bitter Winter was able to obtain from China some rare images of the crackdown against religious activities involving minors and the public preaching of religion that is taking place in China. The first...
