This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 1 In 2016, Dong Luo Bin went to work for a service center under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. After two years of work, he was sent to the Chinese Consulate in Auckland, New Zealand. In March 2018, Dong Luo Bin arrived in Auckland. As ...
This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 2 Dong Luo Bin was an employee of the Chinese Consulate in Auckland, the capital of New Zealand. However, one day in May 2018, he successfully fled from the consulate and applied for political asylum with the government of New Zealand. This is the first case of ...
A new PEW research study has ranked China at the top of its Government Restrictions Index (GRI) out of 198 nations, noting that the Asian nation is the worst violator of religious freedom in the world. In fact, China has been at the top of the list every single year since the annual study began. ...
It’s “absolutely inexcusable” that China’s communist government has been allowed to “play by its own rules,” said a commissioner from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “There is no question that China is the world’s foremost violator of human rights and religious freedom,” said USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore in comments included in ...
Officially, there are five religions recognized by the government of China — Buddhism, Taoism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Islam. However, China is a communist country that propagates a militant atheist ideology. The country makes for a good case study as to why communism and belief in the divine can’t actually coexist. State institutions Christianity has ...
For Beijing, the Uyghurs of Xinjiang are a group that needs to “assimilate” into Chinese society, meaning that the minority will be forced to give up their beliefs and adopt a lifestyle dictated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, such “assimilation” policies are eventually bound to fail, not just in Xinjiang, but all across ...
In a joint conference on religious freedom called “A Civil Society Dialogue on Securing Religious Freedom in the Indo-Pacific Region,” representatives from both the U.S. and Taiwan highlighted how the island nation was markedly different from China when it comes to matters of faith. While Beijing practices a policy of crushing religious identities, Taiwan openly ...
In recent months, China has been increasingly asserting its desire to unify Taiwan with the mainland. Chinese President Xi Jinping also commented that he would ensure the people of Taiwan retain their freedom under the “one country, two systems” policy after unification. However, the Taiwanese have little trust in Beijing since the Chinese regime uses ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its efforts in instilling atheism on primary and secondary school students, according to Bitter Winter — a magazine that reports on religious liberty and human rights in China. Students are taught to reject religious beliefs and are encouraged to report each other to the authorities if they find that ...
Doreen Hegemann is a German senior corporate lecturer, strategist, and an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the European Business Women’s Alliance (EWMD). In late April 2018, Doreen was invited to Taiwan to participate in the EWMD study tour. On the eve of her departure from Taiwan, she was interviewed. She specifically mentioned ...
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