Without the Taiping Rebellion, the subsequent history of China would have been different. It also explains features of the CCP policy on religion.
Xie Jiao Organizations
The Taiping Mystery. 4. Nanjing’s Heavenly Kingdom
From 1853 to 1864, the New Jerusalem was the capital of a real empire that some believed would take over all of China. It didn’t happen.
The Taiping Mystery. 3. Birth of a Militant Religion
From Hong Xiuquan’s 1837 vision, a full-blown religion was born. Soon, it acquired an army and declared war to the Qing dynasty.
The Taiping Mystery. 2: Hong’s Heavenly Vision
The Taiping, “the most important movement of the 19th century,” can only be understood in religious terms. It originated from a mystical experience.
The Taiping Mystery. 1. Why Is the CCP Honoring a “Cult” Leader?
Hong Xiuquan, who led the Taiping Rebellion, may appear as the quintessential xie jiao leader. Yet, he was praised by Mao, and is still honored in China.
Create Abundance/Spiritual Growth: Xie Jiao or Spy Ring?
Several CCP media attacked a movement that in Canada, in connection with a mysterious murder, had come under suspicion of being a CCP front.
Former “Anti-Cult” Top Bureaucrat Peng Bo Is in Jail
As Bitter Winter predicted in a previous article, expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party has been followed by arrest and prosecution.
Download Falun Gong Books, Get Five Years in Jail
Appellate decision against two Shanxi women confirms that under Article 300 possession of printed material of a xie jiao is enough to go to jail.
Legacy: Lifespring Offshoot in Trouble in China
Death of a venture capitalist in Beijing after a Legacy course evidences the CCP’s idiosyncratic approach to the question of the xie jiao
Peng Bo: Top “Anti-Cult” Bureaucrat Expelled from the CCP
Peng Bo was accused of being ineffective and dishonest, and practicing “superstitious activities” himself.