Vatican Moves To Extend Secret Deal With Beijing
The Vatican has decided to extend a secret 2018 agreement with Beijing that governs the appointment of bishops in China. The 2018 Sino-Vatican deal, signed in the midst of crackdowns on religious...
View ArticleChina Curtails Islam Nationwide, Targeting Intellectuals
A campaign of repression against Islam is underway in Muslim-majority areas across China. While the construction of mass internment camps seemingly remains unique to Xinjiang, two new reports by The...
View ArticleNew Rules And “Sinicization” Campaigns Reduce Religious Freedom
New draft rules from the Ministry of Justice, translated by China Law Translate, aim to further limit foreign participation and influence in Chinese religious life. Foreign adherents of religious...
View Article“Sinicization” Campaigns Target Religious and Ethnic Minorities Across China
Under Xi Jinping, China has launched aggressive religious “sinicization” campaigns that have affected the constitutionally protected freedom to religious belief of many in China. Members of China’s...
View ArticleNew Details Emerge from Xinjiang Camps Amid Government Efforts to Discredit...
As a campaign of mass internment of Uyghurs in northwest China seemingly begins to transition into a new stage involving forced labor and population transfers, details of the detainees’ experiences...
View ArticleHong Kong National Security Police Arrest 90-Year-Old Cardinal Zen
Hong Kong national security police arrested Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun on Wednesday for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign powers. Cardinal Zen is a 90-year-old former bishop and senior figure...
View ArticleNetizen Voices: Online Anti-Japanese Sentiment Leads To Woman’s Arrest,...
After a photo of memorial tablets for Japanese war criminals in Nanjing’s Xuanzang Temple went viral, China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs ordered religious groups across the country to...
View ArticleMosque Demolition Sparks Clashes Between Armed Police and Hui Muslim...
The partial demolition of a historic mosque in rural Yunnan this past weekend ignited conflict between local Hui Muslim residents and armed police. The clashes in Najiaying, a village in Yuxi, China,...
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Interview: Tsering Yangzom Lama on Colonialism, Exile, and the Importance of...
Starting in March 2008, Tibetans across the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan took to the streets to call for religious freedom and an end to oppressive political and social...
View ArticleTrial Updates Offer Little in the Way of Justice
In the span of a week, court cases targeting individuals from a variety of backgrounds have demonstrated the repressive and arbitrary nature of the Chinese judicial system. Journalists, activists,...
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Interview: Tenzin Norgay on the State of Surveillance and Propaganda in Tibet...
In the latest installment in our interview series focusing on Tibet, we talk to Tenzin Norgay, a Research Analyst at the International Campaign for Tibet, where he has written reports on surveillance,...
View ArticleBuddhist Promotion Lands Tea Company in Hot Water
A tea company is in hot water after Shenzhen officials deemed its latest marketing campaign to be “borderline” illegal. Hey Tea (喜茶, xǐ chá), a popular national beverage chain, recently partnered with...
View ArticleReports Reveal More Forced Labor, Retroactive Punishment for Religious...
A set of reports published this week provide more detail about the brutality of repression against Uyghur women and the pervasiveness of forced labor in Xinjiang that taints global supply chains....
View ArticleMore Than 100 Arrested Following Dam Protest in Tibetan Region of Sichuan...
Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested more than 100 Tibetan Buddhist monks and other residents of largely Tibetan Dege County in Sichuan Province, following protests against a vast dam project...
View ArticleReports on Xinjiang Detail Criminalization of Islam, Retroactive Punishment
On the sidelines of the Two Sessions this week, Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui declared that “Islam in Xinjiang needs to be Sinicised,” adding, “this is an inevitable trend.” His statements were...
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