Did Chinese Communist Eat Children (and Adults)? Reading “Scarlet Memorial” Again
Zheng Yi’s famous 1993 book may include exaggerations. However, most scholars agree that “ritual” Communist cannibalism did occur in Guangxi in the 1960s.
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Spirit Money in Nantong: The Ban That Wasn’t
The local authorities’ attempt to prohibit joss paper burning on April 4, Tomb-Sweeping Day, failed. But the story is more complicated than it may seem.
CCP holocaust Day Should Be Commemorated on October 1: A Proposal
The Chinese Communist Party killed at least 70 million innocent victims. An international day of commemoration should remember them every year.
“Forbidden Memory”: A Book Reveals the Horrors of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet
Tsering Woeser miraculously found and published hundreds of pictures of the most infamous decade in Tibetan history. We can now meditate on their tragic lesson.
Cultural Revolution Returns: Everything Religious is Purged
From crosses on graves to traditional Buddhist and Taoist attire and even signboards of martial art schools—all religious symbols and names ordered to be removed.
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.
The Land Drenched in Tears: In Xinjiang, It’s the Cultural Revolution—Again
A moving, timely book. The harrowing memoir of a young Tatar Muslim medical student describes the horrific life under the Cultural Revolution in Xinjiang. She says what is happening today is even worse.
New Cultural Revolution: Religious Connotations Banned
Any words that might suggest religion are removed and replaced by secular, Party propaganda in China, as the regime continues defensive measures to “ensure stability.”
Fengqiao – a Maoist Revival to Attack Religion
Cultural Revolution technique revived from the 1960s pits masses against masses, brother against brother, faith against faith, to control belief.