Even personal travel to visit relatives requires permission, and detailed itineraries must be submitted. Failure to comply can result in churches being closed.
Surveillance
Teachers 2019: Politics More Important Than Teaching
Political studies, restricted speech, and “transformation” tasks: Teachers on assignment in Xinjiang under intense control, causing depression and anxiety.
China’s High-Tech Surveillance State: A “Digital Despotism”
China combines cutting-edge surveillance technology with traditional communist police-state repression, to create 21st century Orwellian dystopia in Xinjiang Region, and beyond.
Truth Behind Veterans’ Protests: No Jobs, Fraud, Beatings
Shandong protests erupted when veterans discovered their identities – and benefits – had been stolen by government officials. Violence and arrests followed.
Xi Study Strong Nation in Practice – Smart Phone as Jailor
Mobile app seeks to dominate workers’ free time, indoctrinate citizens as they compete to attain high scores to satisfy Party and keep their jobs.
Teachers in the Vanguard of Creating Atheist Society
China reinforces the ban on “religious or feudal” ideas, re-education of religious teachers, to ensure students remain ignorant of all except Marxism.
Vehicle Positioning Devices to Control People
The Chinese State continues using technology to monitor its citizen: electric vehicles, like scooters or motorcycles, are only sold with such devices installed.
Pastor Wang’s Parents and Son Under Surveillance
Since his arrest in December, the pastor’s mother has been beaten, the whole family is being monitored, and his lawyer was detained.
Auxiliary Police Investigate Religion in Rural Areas
As Chinese authorities promote a Mao-era policy that pits people against each other, they’re also increasing the militancy in each and every village.
“Small Feet” to Monitor Believers, Human Rights Activists
Apparently, there aren’t enough police to monitor religion at all times, everywhere. So, China uses old women, city employees, unemployed to spy on neighbors.