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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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“Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery,” painting by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri “il Guercino” (1591–1666).

09/24/2020 Massimo Introvigne

CCP Rewriting The Gospel: Jesus Actually “Killed” The Woman Taken in Adultery

The story in John 8 is presented to Chinese students as one where the Savior waits for the Pharisees to leave, then stones the adulterer himself.

The signboard with the wisdom eyes pattern was painted over.

09/23/2020 Zhang Feng

Tibetan Buddhism ‘Sinicized’ Across Inland China

Implementing President Xi Jinping’s orders to advance the ‘sinicization’ of Tibetan Buddhism, local authorities eradicate traditional architecture and symbols.

The Nanguan Grand Mosque in Yinchuan

09/03/2020 Ma Xiagu

Islam ‘Sinicized’ Further in Ningxia After President Xi’s Visit

When the president scolded local officials in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for not doing enough to curb Islamic culture, they rolled up their sleeves.

delivery workers in Tongliao and Ulaanhad wrote “Save Our Mother Tongue” on the delivery boxes on their bicycles and scooters. Courtesy of Southern Mongolia Human Rights Information Center.

09/01/2020 Massimo Introvigne

Inner Mongolia Protests Against Cultural Genocide Gain Momentum

While plans to eliminate Mongolian language from most of the educations start being implemented, thousands take to the street, and the world starts noticing.

Symbols above the entrance to the Yuehai Great Mosque are being removed

08/07/2020 Ma Xiagu

Mosques ‘Sinicized’ in Ningxia Region, Jilin and Henan Provinces

With the ease of pandemic restrictions, the CCP intensifies its mosque “sinicization” campaign in areas inhabited by Hui Muslims.

The Dongjiao Grand Mosque in Kongtong had its dome removed in May.

08/05/2020 Li Wensheng

‘Sinicization’ of Islam Intensifies Amid the Pandemic

The CCP continues removing domes and minarets from mosques and suppresses any expression of Hui Muslim tradition and culture.

The Cao’an Temple

07/20/2020 Ye Ling

Cao’an Manichean Temple Subjected to ‘Sinicization’

An important site of Manichaeism, an extinct ancient religion, has not escaped China’s religious persecution, as the CCP infiltrates it with its propaganda.

Five domes with star-and-crescent symbols were removed from a mosque in Minquan county’s Chumiao township.

07/03/2020 Huang Xin

Numerous Mosques ‘Sinicized’ Amid the Pandemic

Threatening and intimidating Muslims, the CCP implemented forced rectifications of mosques in Hui-populated areas in Henan, Hebei, and Ningxia.

An aobao (heap of stones) testifies the persistence of traditional religion in Inner Mongolia

06/25/2020 Massimo Introvigne

CCP Moves Against Mongolian Language in Inner Mongolia

Mongolian identity and culture are being slowly and silently attacked in what Mongols prefer to call Southern Mongolia. The world needs to pay attention.

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