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Bitter Winter

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Sinicization of religions

CCP Pursues the Forced Assimilation of Minorities into Chinese Culture.

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Bitter Winter Feature Series for Human Rights Day (III): Sinicizing Religions

December 10 was Human Rights Day. Bitter Winter celebrates it with four articles. The third is devoted to the real meaning of religious “sinicization.”

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Three-Self Church leader Xu Xiaohong contributed tho the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

10/15/2022 Zhang Chunhua

Religion at the Chinese Communist Party Congress: Christians Told They Should Become “More Marxist” 

A Three-Self Church report to the 20th Congress explains that the new concept of “Sinicization” of Christianity means accepting the “Marxist view of religion.”

Doudian Mosque before Sinicization. From Twitter.

09/23/2022 Chen Tao

Hui Mosques and Cemeteries “Sinicized” in Qinghai, Yunnan, Beijing, and Shanghai

The campaign aimed at removing distinctive Islamic features from Hui Muslim places of worship continues in full swing.

Compass used for the Qimen Dunjia practice. From Weibo.

04/22/2022 Han Delun

Qimen Dunjia: Traditional Astrology Is Now Forbidden in Xinjiang

Nothing is more “Sinicized” than astrological divination. Yet, in Urumqi authorities have decided that even this ancient practice is dangerous.

Wang Zuo’an.

03/24/2022 Xia Qiao

New Directives on Sinicization of Religion: “Love the Party, Love Socialism”

“Foreign hostile forces and extremist forces use religion to infiltrate and sabotage our country.” The answer: more “scientific” and “Marxist” Sinicization.

The Sinicization of Chinese Religions, bookcover

11/11/2021 Massimo Introvigne

Book Deconstructs “Sinicization” of Religion

Yang Fenggang, Gordon Melton, and others explain what the word Xi Jinping uses so often hides.

11/05/2021 Yan Mingli

Christians Told to Preach that Business Was Invented in China

Sermons should introduce “Sinicized Christian social teaching,” claiming that the Shang Dynasty invented state-controlled agriculture and commerce.

The July 13 conference in Shanghai.

07/20/2021 Zhang Chunhua

“Sinicization of Christianity” in Full Speed After the 100th Anniversary

Christians are ordered to “completely get rid of the foreign religion.” “Sinicizing” really means “identifying with the leadership of the CCP.”

The domes of a Xugezhuang town mosque now look like Chinese-style pavilions.

10/09/2020 Li Mingxuan

CCP Sinicizes Mosques to Weaken Muslim Faith

Authorities in Shandong and Hebei provinces remove domes from mosques and vigorously promote the sinicization of Islam, demanding Muslims to obey the Party only.

“Company and shop names not allowed to have religious connotations,” reads a banner in Jiaodian, a town in Pingdingshan city’s Xinhua district.

09/28/2020 Han Sheng

Islamic Symbols and Inscriptions Purged in Henan

The provincial government banned in April all Islam-related writings and symbols on public signages and private residences, also in businesses, like shops and cafes.

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