Christian communities were told to preach on Xi Jinping’s victory over COVID, support Chinese propaganda abroad, and get rid of “Western colonial theology.”
Communist Propaganda
Burning Effigies: China Threatens American Academic Miles Yu
A Cultural-Revolution-style statue vilifies a scholar who has mightily upset the Communist Party.
The Digital China 2023 Plan: Is There Something New?
The document reiterates a strategy Xi Jinping is pursuing since before he came to national power. What is new (and alarming) is the propaganda.
China’s New Directives on Law Schools: They Should Teach that Separation of Powers Is Wrong
A document by the Central Committee published on February 26 orders law schools to oppose “constitutionalism” and other Western democratic fallacies.
Media: Friends or Foes of Religious Freedom?
Silence, misrepresentation, and fake news transform one the most important allies of religious freedom into a pervasive and obnoxious enemy.
United Nations: “One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated From Their Parents”
In November, three UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to China. There has been no satisfactory answer, and they have decided to go public.
Hu Xinyu’s Body “Found”: When the Cure is Worse than the Disease
The police says the 15-yer-old student committed suicide. But the story the authorities tell fuels the scandal rather than suppressing it.
Ngaba Prefecture, Sichuan: Massive Re-Education to Prevent Tibetan Self-Immolations
In the “world capital of self-immolation,” the CCP wrongly believes that more repression and “patriotic education” may solve the problem.
“Socialist Spiritual Civilization”: The Great Comeback of an Old CCP Concept
A notion launched by Deng Xiaoping, promoted by Jiang Zemin, and much less emphasized in later years, is now revamped by Xi Jinping through his latest book.
Pro-Chinese Propaganda by The World Muslim Communities Council: Uyghurs Strike Back
A Muslim delegation visited Xinjiang and reported all is well there. Uyghur throughout the world are denouncing its statement as Goebbels-style propaganda.