A Beijing training course shows once more that Sinicization means Party control, not Chinese culture.
Sinicization of religions
“Sinicizing” Islam: How the Communist Party Is Rewriting the Legacy of Ha Decheng
Beijing’s Islamic establishment reshapes the great scholar’s legacy to legitimize today’s stateengineered “Sinicized Islam,” sidelining the historical record.
Li Ganjie in Yunnan: Echoes of A High-Profile Trip and the “Sinicization” of Religion
The United Front Work Department chief and Politburo members personally inspected the progress of the CCP’s plan to control religions in a key province.
The Luminous Nestorians: When Christianity Was Already Chinese
Political Sinicization is not the only possible or desirable form of Sinicization. A new book on Jingjiao offers an alternative.
The Weeping Believer: A Report from a Chinese Christian
The Three-Self Church is not a real church but a political propaganda agency. Leaving it, however, exposes one to the risk of being arrested.
“Xinjiang Is a Wonderful Land”: China’s New White Paper Recasts Control as Cultural Progress
Ignoring international criticism, a new document declares victory against extremism, separatism, and non-Sinicized religion.
Red Is the New Sacred: Xi’s Gospel of Sinicization
On September 29, Xi Jinping personally presided a Politburo special study session on religion.
China: Religious Leaders Asked to Spread “Chinese Traditional” (in Fact, Communist) Culture
A week-long training confirmed that the “tradition” the United Front wants government-controlled religions to promote is simply the usual CCP ideology.
Sinicization of Chinese Buddhism: What Does It Mean?
The 2023–27 Five-Year Plan for Sinicizing Chinese Buddhism is reaching the end of its first two-and-a-half-year period. An event in Beijing discussed its results so far.
CCP’s Chinese New Year Wishes to Religions: Get Ready for Even More Control
A symposium promises for the coming year more “Sinicization” and surveillance of all religions.