Tongshan County CCP creatively “put together celebration and anti-xie-jiao education,” as the local Party Secretary said.
Xie Jiao Organizations
New Crackdown on Yiguandao in Guangdong
Both local and visiting Taiwanese believers were arrested and charged with being part of a “xie jiao,” although Yiguandao is not in the official list of banned movements.
Entire Village of the Yi Ethnic Minority “Deprogrammed” in Yunnan
When the authorities learned that the banned Association of Disciples had converted all villagers in Jiciping, reeducation was entrusted directly to the police.
Gansu, Association of Disciples Member Deprogrammed—to Atheism
After deprogramming, a former devotee acknowledges he is “his own God” and promises he “will only believe in science and the government.”
China, Anti-Religious Propaganda Targets Mentally Ill Patients and Their Families
Home visits indoctrinate them against “feudal superstitions,” “anti-scientific beliefs,” and “xie jiao.”
Bodhi Gong Believers Sentenced in Inner Mongolia
The Qigong group, which the authorities failed to eradicate, continues to be active and persecuted in several provinces.
Anti-Cult Propaganda in Ulugqat County, Xinjiang—Where There Are No “Cults”
For thirteen years a “horseback anti-cult police squad” has visited herders who have never met a “cult.” Why?
Yet Another Xie Jiao: Crackdown on an Offshoot of “Human Universal Science”
The police believed they had eradicated the Qigong movement led by Zhang Weixiang, who died in 2006. But the “Datong Base Faction” continued to flourish.
Once Popular, Deng Haipeng’s “Soul Shaping” Is Liquidated as a Xie Jiao
The leader of a self-help group turned new religious movement was sentenced to seventeen years and six months in jail and his organization was banned.
Campaign Against “Cults” Launched in Lhasa—But What Is a “Cult” in Tibet?
Tibet was never known as a hotbed of “xie jiao.” They may have achieved some success during the pandemic—or the CCP wants to label dissident Buddhists as “cultists.”