The Forums were created in 2018 to promote and study how Taoism can be “Sinicized,” i.e., is converted more and more into a mouthpiece of the Communist Party.
Sinicization of religions
China, Christians Told They Should “Sinicize” Music Too
Hymns and music should be “de-Westernized” and incorporate “red” elements, participants at a training seminar in Xiamen were told.
Shanghai’s Catholic Bishop Shen Bin Announces His Program: Study Xi Jinping, not the Pope
After having been appointed by the CCP and grudgingly and belatedly approved by the Vatican, the new Prelate revealed its true colors.
The CCP Insists that Chinese Islam Should Be “Confucianized”
References to the Jinling School hide a call to “Sinicization” intended as unquestioning alignment with the Communist Party.
“Sinicization of the Quran” in Full Swing in China
Islamic clergy from Hunan was summoned to Beijing to learn “interpretive skills” that would enable them to preach a Quran “adapted to a socialist society.”
USCIRF Exposes “Sinicization” of Religion
In an excellent report using inter alia 21 “Bitter Winter” articles as sources, the U.S. agency explains that the policy is aimed at making religion more subservient to the CCP, not more Chinese.
Taoist Seminary Places “Ideological and Political Education in the First Place”
At the opening ceremony for the 2024 freshmen of China Taoist College, China Taoist Association bureaucrats clarified what “Sinicization of Taoism” means.
“Strict Governance of Religion” Implemented Among Taoists Too
Taoist clergy is told it should submit itself to the supervision of the United Front and instruct its congregations on the Third Plenum’s presentation of Xi as the “Great Reformer.”
Seminar Clarifies “Sinicizing” Religion Means Preaching Obedience to Xi Jinping
A “historic” high-level gathering in Beijing tells religions that they should put the “Two Establishes” and “Two Safeguards” at the center of their sermons and activities.
CCP Uses Lingyan Temple History to Insist Buddhism Should be “Sinicized,” Too
The false historical theory that Buddhism and temples flourished in China when they accepted to be controlled by the state is used to ask them to serve the CCP.