Answering a new book by the current Dalai Lama, Beijing insists the CCP should control reincarnation of Tibetan lamas. It will find one for the Dalai Lama when he dies.
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The Persecution of Yiguandao in China and Martial-Law Taiwan. 1. Persecution in China
For number of those arrested and executed, the crackdown on Yiguandao in Mao’s China was the largest repression of a single religious group in the history of the People’s Republic.
Pro-CCP China Buddhist Association “Infiltrated” Master Jing Yao’s Memorial Ceremony in Taiwan
The great Taiwanese Buddhist leader certainly deserved to be honored. But the Chinese delegation used the event to advocate for “national reunification.”
Who Is Xi Jinping? The Answer Is in a Comic Book
A graphic novel in French by Éric Meyer and Gianluca Costantini turns out to be one of Xi’s best biographies.
New Zealand: “Useful Idiots” Against Shen Yun and Falun Gong
Anti-cultists call for boycotting Shen Yun performances—exactly what the Chinese Communist Party wants.
CCP’s Chinese New Year Wishes to Religions: Get Ready for Even More Control
A symposium promises for the coming year more “Sinicization” and surveillance of all religions.
A Micro-Totalitarian Maoist Group in France: Julie Pagis’ “Le Prophète Rouge”
A fascinating work of sociology raises questions on Maoism, Maoists in the West, charisma, and submission.
Sabah, Malaysia: A Textbook Example of How Chinese Influence Operates
A new report by Sinopsis shows the importance of China’s “soft power” campaigns to coopt the elites of other countries.
Thailand, China’s United Front and the “Buddha Teeth Diplomacy”
Bringing abroad Buddhist relics kept in China is used as a tool for Chinese propaganda and for spreading the lie that the CCP promotes religious liberty.
Earthquake in Tibet: The Wrong Condolences
Statements of solidarity in the name of friendship with “the Chinese people” just send the wrong message.