While actively negating “rumors” of shrinking grain reserve, the government orders farmers to re-cultivate deserted farmlands, threatens to punish those who disobey.
Human Rights
The Laughing Corner: China Sanctions US Officers
The CCP retaliates against American sanctions for atrocities in Xinjiang, “punishes” Ambassador Brownback, Senators Rubio and Cruz, Representative Chris Smith.
Religious Liberty in Tibet: From Bad to Worse
Bitter Winter interviews Dr. Dominic Nardi, China policy analist at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Uyghurs Subject to Mass Sterilization: A New CCP Crime Against Humanity
A new study by Adrian Zenz proves that Muslim women in Xinjiang are massively subjected to forced abortion, sterilized, and fitted with IUDs.
Must ‘Study Xi’ to Have a Future
Young people across China are subjected to patriotic education. Those who refuse to undergo it are in danger of losing opportunities to study or get good jobs.
Hong Kong and China: Will the European Union Support Human Rights?
Contradictory signals from Brussels. An excellent pro-Hong-Kong resolution has been passed, but the office of the Special Envoy for religious freedom in the world has been canceled.
China Under Xi Jinping: More Ideology, More Repression
Introductory speech by Massimo Introvigne, editor-in-chief of Bitter Winter, at the plenary discussion in the Lithuanian Parliament on Lithuania’s strategy for Asia, June 18, 2020.
The CCP’s Vendetta Against Soccer Star Hao Haidong Extends to His Son
The all-time record scorer for China criticized the regime. His son Hao Runze was sacked by his Serbian team after pressures from Beijing
For China’s Rights Defenders, Fighting the State Leads to Prison
A law that the CCP uses widely to silence those protesting its autocratic rule lists 32 instances when petitioning the government may result in hefty sentences.
Fighting the Pandemic at the Cost of Human Rights
The CCP claims to have won a “great victory” against COVID-19 thanks to “great leadership” and the socialist system. Those who took part in the fight disagree.