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Bitter Winter

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Regulation on Religious Affairs

Guan Di Temple has been converted into an elderly activity center

08/05/2019 Sun Kairui

China Turning Buddhist and Taoist Temples Into Entertainment Centers

Across the country, the CCP is “transforming” temples into cultural auditoriums, government offices and elderly activity centers.

Posters promoting the Party’s policies

08/03/2019 Zhang Feng

Don’t Worship Buddha – the State Orders You to Learn Calligraphy Instead

Buddhist and Taoist places of worship are continuously taken over by the government. Believers are dispersed, religion replaced with “red” cultural activities.

Police officers and Religious Affairs Bureau officials

07/23/2019 Jiang Tao

Pressure Surges on Local Governments to Suppress Believers

Crackdown on religion is now a key task for officials in towns and villages, higher-ups imposing personal responsibility on them for the success of persecutions.

The government personnel were dismantling the church

07/11/2019 Li Mingxuan

No Church Can Be More Beautiful Than State Buildings

Three government-approved Protestant churches have been destroyed in Shandong’s Linyi city for various made up reasons.

preaching permits of 57 preachers had been revoked

03/25/2019 Jiang Tao

Disobeying the Party: Preaching Permits of 57 Three-Self Church Preachers Revoked

Being a preacher in a government-controlled Three-Self Church no longer means being free from persecution.

Religious words have been removed from this church

03/20/2019 Zhou Hua

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.”

The financial management regulations are posted on the wall

03/14/2019 Yang Xiangwen

Government Going After Churches’ Money

CCP is tightening the purse strings on Three-Self churches by forcing them to deposit their money, i.e., Christians’ tithes, into government-controlled bank accounts.

National flag is raised in front of the Baiyun Temple

03/11/2019 Cai Congxin

Authorities Cracking down on Daoist Temples and Practices

The suppression directly affects the foundation of one of the “three teachings” of traditional Chinese spirituality and religion, along with Confucianism and Buddhism.

A church preacher

03/06/2019 Jiang Tao

Official Clergy Purged for Not Being Communist Enough

Pastors from Three-Self churches are being reviewed for their loyalty to the party and removed for small signs of resistance.

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