For residents of Hubei Province’s capital, 2019 was hard: the coronavirus virus outbreak was preceded by severe security measures ahead of the international event.
Chinese Communist Party
Xi Jinping’s New “Little Red Book(s)”
Chinese from all walks of life, young and old, are required to memorize and copy by hand president’s speeches to prove loyalty to the president and the CCP.
Plays Slandering Religion Indoctrinate Villagers All Over China
As a propaganda tool, stage performances have been used since the Cultural Revolution to vilify CCP’s enemies, including religions, in the eyes of the masses.
Communist Party Clamps Down on Its Religious Members
Religion is identified as the major “dark and evil force” behind “weak and lax” CCP organizations that are being investigated across China.
Forget Christmas, Celebrate Mao Zedong
Prohibited from observing Christmas, the Chinese were urged instead to salute and worship the Great Helmsman, Mao Zedong, on his 126th birthday on December 26.
China’s Patriotic Education: Schooling or Indoctrination?
To cultivate loyal and submissive followers, CCP institutes “red patriotism” courses venerating China’s revolutionary past for children in kindergartens.
CCP Uses Believers’ Donations to Indoctrinate Them
The regime tightens control over finances of state-approved churches, as a tool to limit religious activities to the minimum and ultimately take over them entirely.
For the CCP, Cultural Confidence Means Ban of Anything Foreign
In a nationwide drive, place names are purged to reflect “excellent traditional Chinese culture” and show the country’s resistance to the “worship of foreign things.”
From Tiananmen to Hong Kong: “The CCP is incorrigible,” Says Lee Cheuk-yan
A survivor of the Tiananmen massacre, former well-known Hong Kong politician, and now human rights activist, Mr. Lee tells Bitter Winter that Honk Kong’s fight for democracy is just as crucial for the West.
CCP Members, Officials Forced to Learn “Xi Thought” by Heart
Party bureaucrats are demanded to always carry quotes by the president and study them; those who can’t recite them from memory may face punishment.