Arrest quotas, monetary bonuses, fines, other “stick and carrot” methods are widely used to encourage officials and police officers to suppress people of faith.
Xie Jiao Organizations
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Xinjiang: How to Become a Xie Jiao
The indictment of a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses confirms that Art. 300 of the Chinese Criminal Code is enforced against those who did not commit any crime other than spreading their beliefs.
CCP-Launched Online Game Promotes Fear of Religions
Prizes and mandatory partaking for official helped the anti-xie jiao quiz slandering the banned religions to attract over 11 million users in just two weeks.
Dance Competitions and Theme Parks to Oppose Religions
The CCP is coming up with creative propaganda solutions to involve the general population in eradicating religious groups designated as xie jiao.
Censors’ New Target: “Pornography and Illegal Publications”
In Jiangxi Province, authorities crack down on critical speech, under the pretext of fighting pornography
Six Local Church Leaders Given Heavy Prison Sentences
Some of the leaders are serving sentences as long as 13 years, merely because of their Christian faiths.
Annual Party Events Bring Crackdown on Religious, Dissidents
During the Two Sessions, “stability maintenance” and “prevention and control” efforts increased. Travel is prohibited, and citizen spies are out in force.
House Churches in Danger of Being Labeled Xie Jiao
The label xie jiao, reserved for banned “heterodox teachings,” is now increasingly applied to “normal” house churches.
Major Changes in the Structures for Fighting Xie Jiao in China
The functions of Office 610 and the “Central Leading Anti-Xie-Jiao Group” are now being absorbed into the CCP Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, as well as the Ministry of Public Security
CCP Cracks Down on Guan Yin Citta and Supreme Master Ching Hai
These two new religious movements are considered xie jiao, and Chinese citizens are forbidden to travel abroad to attend their seminars.