Teams of Three Sent to Supervise Religious Venues
CCP intensifies the already sweeping surveillance of places of worship by assigning officials to each; to control believers and ensure loyalty to the Party line.
Anti-Religious Campaigns
China expends great energy to suppress religion, and even more energy to hide the suppression. Closing streets, monitoring social media, bullying reporters. Facing increasing surveillance and persecutions, believers are forced to come up with inventive ways to continue practicing their faith and dodge arrests.
CCP-Launched Online Game Promotes Fear of Religions
Prizes and mandatory partaking for official helped the anti-xie jiao quiz slandering the banned religions to attract over 11 million users in just two weeks.
Local Officials at the Forefront of Crackdown on Religions
Prohibited from believing in God themselves, Party members and officials are pledging to watch for and persecute all religious activities.
Thousand Wrongful Arrests Just to Impede Religions
People that are not even members of prohibited religious groups can be persecuted only because of their religious relatives or as a result of random events.
The Purge of Religion-Related Signboards Escalates
Many businesses have been forced to change their names, eliminating any references to faith, even if the signs were not meant to be religious at all.
Jiangxi’s Poyang County Declares War on Religion
The CCP uses soft and tough methods: from indoctrinating performances in praise of the Party to dismantling crosses. The goal is to make religions disappear.
Books on Religion Branded Harmful, Handled as Pornography
The crackdown on religious publications intensifies in Inner Mongolia, officials inspecting postal packages, burning books, and censoring online communication.
Dance Competitions and Theme Parks to Oppose Religions
The CCP is coming up with creative propaganda solutions to involve the general population in eradicating religious groups designated as xie jiao.
Central Religion Inspection Team Arrives in Shandong
Persecution is escalating in this eastern province: local officials were preparing for higher-ups’ visits by cracking down on churches and investigating believers.
