Third highest ranking Communist Party leader Li Zhanshu offers new insights on “democracy with Chinese characteristics”
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Namewee & Kimberley Chen: How Two Singers Defeated the CCP
A song lampooning Chinese propaganda on social networks goes viral and hits nine million views. Beijing is not amused.
Wang Junzheng, “Butcher of Xinjiang,” Becomes Party Secretary of Tibet
The bureaucrat responsible for several re-education camps and Uyghur forced labor has been called to apply his repressive methods on Tibetans.
Three-Self Church and Communist Party, “One Heart and One Mind”
The National Day offered to the government-controlled Protestant Church the opportunity to call Christians to unconditionally obey the CCP.
China, All Information Should Be Produced and Distributed by the State
Private companies will be prohibited from publishing or broadcasting news about politics, culture, sport, and pretty much everything else.
The Taiping Mystery. 5. Why the Taiping Matter
Without the Taiping Rebellion, the subsequent history of China would have been different. It also explains features of the CCP policy on religion.
The Taiping Mystery. 3. Birth of a Militant Religion
From Hong Xiuquan’s 1837 vision, a full-blown religion was born. Soon, it acquired an army and declared war to the Qing dynasty.
The Taiping Mystery. 2: Hong’s Heavenly Vision
The Taiping, “the most important movement of the 19th century,” can only be understood in religious terms. It originated from a mystical experience.
The Taiping Mystery. 1. Why Is the CCP Honoring a “Cult” Leader?
Hong Xiuquan, who led the Taiping Rebellion, may appear as the quintessential xie jiao leader. Yet, he was praised by Mao, and is still honored in China.
Christians Worship the Communist Martyrs
Christians are compelled to worship the Communist Martyrs. The new trend inaugurated by the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary continues unabated.