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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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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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In April, the dome and minarets were removed from the Yongle Mosque in Baiyin city in the northwestern province of Gansu.

06/24/2020 Bai Shengyi

Chinese Government Spends Millions to Rectify Mosques

Authorities in Hui populated areas launched campaigns to “sinicize” mosques amid the coronavirus outbreak. More are planned for later this year and 2021.

The South Gate Mosque and the West Gate Mosque before and after the rectification.

06/23/2020 Ling Tian

Mosques, Businesses Rectified in the Name of ‘Sinicization’

To implement its five-year plan to “sinicize” all Muslims outside Xinjiang, the CCP continues demolishing Islamic symbols and “transforming” believers.

Linxia residents witness the rectification of the Laohua Mosque.

06/08/2020 Li Wensheng

Mosque ‘Sinicization’ Campaign Surged Amid the Pandemic

Numerous mosques in Gansu Province had their domes and crescent symbols removed, triggering anger among the local Hui Muslim population.

The police are confiscating Bibles and other religious books from the “Home of Christ.”

05/30/2020 Wang Anyang

More Restrictions on Religious Publications Imposed

To advance CCP’s religion “sinicization” policy, crackdowns are launched to confiscate faith-related materials that are not approved by the state.

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05/27/2020 Massimo Introvigne

The Xinjiang Class: How the CCP Tries to “Convert” the Uyghurs—and Fails

A book by Timothy Grose examines Beijing’s project of taking Uyghur students to boarding schools far away from Xinjiang to “sinicize” them.

The rectified Gongmazhuang Mosque.

05/26/2020 Wang Yichi

Rectification of Mosques in Henan Continued Amid the Pandemic

As the CCP advances its 5-year plan to “sinicize” Muslims outside of Xinjiang, numerous places of worship in the province were stripped of religious symbols.

A Three-Self church in Qiu county before and after its cross was forcibly removed.

05/13/2020 Li Mingxuan

CCP Advances ‘Sinicization’ of Religion Amid the Pandemic

Authorities throughout China adopt new measures demanding the clergy of state-run churches to promote the Party doctrine and indoctrinate believers.

Uyghur teachers in Xinjiang’s Kashi city are forced to eat Han cuisine.

04/14/2020 Chang Xin

CCP Assimilates Uyghurs by Banning Their Culture and Religion

The Chinese government has been eradicating Xinjiang Uyghurs’ customs and traditions by prohibiting the use of their language, forcing them to eat pork.

A training on Chinese traditional culture at a Three-Self church in Dancheng county

03/19/2020 Zhou Xiaolu

Three-Self Church Clergy Punished for Not Preaching CCP’s Dogma

To accelerate the “sinicization” of religion, China’s regime compels preachers to indoctrinate congregations and turns places of worship into propaganda centers.

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