—Denouncing CCP Human Rights Abuses and Violent Suppression and Persecution of Religious Freedom On December 10, 2025, to mark the 77th World Human Rights Day, the Tibetan Community in Switzerland & Liechtenstein (TCSL) held a rally and march along theRead More →
Berlin, Germany, December 10, 2025. On International Human Rights Day, multiple human rights organizations and civic groups held a joint demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. Protesters gathered to denounce the CCP’s long-standing human rights violations, suppression of religiousRead More →
The third of seven methods used by the CCP to harass CAG asylum seekers: compelling their relatives in China to go abroad and call for the refugees’ return. Article 3 of 5. Read article 1 and article 2. Since 2016,Read More →
A member who escaped abroad reports to “Bitter Winter” the terror of the new raids against an idiosyncratic but peaceful new religious movement. On July 3, 2025, a sudden and sweeping crackdown shattered the lives of members of the LifeRead More →
Known as a womanizer and a billionaire, but also as a strong supporter of the CCP, Shi Yongxin’s wrongdoings eventually became too infamous to overlook. The arrest on July 25 and the defrocking of Shi Yongxin, the former influential abbotRead More →
Despite the agreement with the Vatican, China continues to arrest priests, nuns, and believers who refuse to join the CCP-controlled Patriotic Church. Pope Leo XIV is reportedly deliberating on the future of the recently renewed Vatican-China deal from 2018. Meanwhile,Read More →
On October 10, 2024, the 10th Festival Sabir was held at Città dell’Altra Economia, a renowned event space in the Testaccio district of Rome, Italy. The festival was co-organized by the Italian Recreational and Cultural Association (ARCI, Associazione Ricreativa eRead More →
The 2024 Buddhist Lecture Exchange Conference, with the mandatory references to the Third Plenum, explained what “further Sinicizing Chinese Buddhism” means. by Zhu Yaozu The yearly Buddhist Lecture Exchange Conferences are important events for the government-controlled China Buddhist Association. TheRead More →
The United Front Work Department brings the campaign promoted among Christians to other religions. by Zhang Chunhua “Bitter Winter” recently reported on the “China Christian Implementation of Strict Governance of Religion Exchange Meeting” held in Xi’an, Shaanxi from June 27Read More →
The Wuzhou headquarters of Guangxi Zhaoxin Pingzhou Electronics hosted a pilot program of intensive indoctrination. by Liang Changpu When it comes to propaganda against “illegal religion,” Chinese citizens are not even left alone in the workplace. In Wuzhou, a prefecture-levelRead More →
03/14/2024 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Senate Resolution 395 proposes the United States’ Senate recognize the contributions of Montagnard Christians from Vietnam during the Vietnam war, a public condemnation of the continued persecution of Christians by the Vietnamese government andRead More →
The whereabouts of Lobsang Thabkhey, the former librarian of Kirti Monastery, remain unknown, two sources told RFA. By Pelbar for RFA Tibetan A Tibetan Buddhist monk was arrested by Chinese police in June 2023 on charges of republishing books fromRead More →
01/17/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) new controversial Patriotic Education Law came into force on January 1 and party officials reviewed the new guidelines with church leaders. The CCP met with the five authorized stateRead More →
01/08/2024 China (International Christian Concern) —Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, was arrested in mid-December 2023 and then released a few days later. He was arrested again on Christmas Day 2023 to prevent himRead More →
March 10 commemorates the events of 1959. The CCP policy against minority ethnic and religious groups has unfortunately not changed. by Tashi Samdup Tibetans all over the world commemorate the Tibetan Uprising Day on March 10 every year, to rememberRead More →
Unbeknownst to all but a few, Poland has stood as the battleground between Sweden and China in an unfolding extradition case for nearly two years. China seeks former Chinese citizen, now Swedish citizen, Li Zhihui, a Falun Gong adherent, returned to ChinaRead More →
Christians were harassed, often with the pretext of COVID-19. Meanwhile, 80% of Christmas ornaments sold in the West were made in China. by Massimo Introvigne “Christmas, Get Out of China!” So said banners paraded in the streets in so-called “spontaneous”Read More →
A new draft law, of which Bitter Winter publishes the English translation, would severely limit the possibility of foreign visitors, including academics, to interact with Chinese discussing religion. by Massimo Introvigne Today, I received an invitation by a university in Mainland ChinaRead More →
The CCP ramps up intimidation and persecution of Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church. by Zhang Feng Eight Catholics nuns decided to leave their convent in the northern province of Shanxi this fall after repeated harassment and intimidationsRead More →
Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces. by Li Xiao On August 23, the Gushi county police in Henan Province’s Xinyang city raided a Great Praise Church’s venue. “Two plainclothesRead More →
The CCP intensifies sanctions on Christian Sunday schools and summer camps while strengthening patriotic education to foster the new generation of Party followers. by Ye Ling In August, the Nanping city government in the southeastern province of Fujian prohibited aRead More →
