Members who participated at a 2022 gathering are now being detained to purge an administrative penalty that was suspended then due to COVID.
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China, Catholics Told “Honor Thy Father” Means “Honor the Communist Party”
Gansu priests were trained this month to preach that “always being of one mind and one heart with the Party” is the proper way to recognize the CCP as the father of the people.
CCP Insists on Falsifying the History of “Humanistic Buddhism”
A forum was held in Shanghai, a city that was really the cradle of the Buddhist current—which was, however, never Marxist, and later developed mostly in Taiwan.
USCIRF Exposes “Sinicization” of Religion
In an excellent report using inter alia 21 “Bitter Winter” articles as sources, the U.S. agency explains that the policy is aimed at making religion more subservient to the CCP, not more Chinese.
Beijing’s Transnational Repression of Dissidents: From Bad to Worse
The chilling story of a Uyghur reporter exiled in the US is the sad tip of a shivering iceberg.
For Tibetans, There Is Now a “Xi Jinping Thought on Reincarnation”
Beijing insists it will not abandon its claim that, although officially atheistic, the Communist Party is entitled to control reincarnation of Tibetan Living Buddhas.
China Launches Massive International Propaganda Effort on Tibet
The ambitious “Xizang [Tibet] International Communication Center” started its work this month.
Musical “Patriotic Education” in Hong Kong
If regular CCP propaganda does not work with Hongkongers, the Party believes that perhaps karaoke would for adults—and cartoons for children.
China’s “Polar Silk Road.” 1. How Beijing Expands in the Arctic
Beijing’ growing interest in the Arctic poses new threats to the world. It is the result of a long-term strategy and a cooperation with Russia.
False Panchen Lama Mobilized to Promote “Three Consciousness” in Nagqu
The CCP-controlled Buddhist bureaucrat presided a symposium organized to support the campaign against the Dalai Lama and Xi Jinping’s notion of the “rule of law.”