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News China Religion: Top Chinese official praises Xinjiang Uighur camps as 'pioneering'

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
Top Chinese official praises Xinjiang Uighur camps as 'pioneering'
News source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/30/asia-pacific/top-chinese-official-praises-xinjiang-uighur-camps-pioneering/

BEIJING - Officials from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region said Tuesday that ... While the people inside the centers are not permitted to practice their religion during their “period of study,” ...

News China Religion: Chinese official praises Xinjiang camps as 'pioneering'

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
Chinese official praises Xinjiang camps as 'pioneering'
News source: https://www.stltoday.com/news/world/chinese-official-praises-xinjiang-camps-as-pioneering/article_eab1142b-c813-50b2-890f-2fcdf43d84c0.html

BEIJING (AP) — Officials from China's northwestern Xinjiang region said Tuesday that ... While the people inside the centers are not permitted to practice their religion during their "period of study, ...

News China Religion: Child Separation & Prison Camps: China’s Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is “Cultural Genocide”

Published on: Friday 26 July 2019
Child Separation & Prison Camps: China’s Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is “Cultural Genocide”
News source: https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/china_xinjiang_uyghurs_internment_surveillance

They’re being told not to believe in their religion. They’re being taught the Chinese language. ADRIAN ZENZ: Yes, a very good question. In order to understand what’s really going on, we need to zoom ...

News China Religion: Chinese people have freedom of religion, US should stop using issue of religion to interfere: China

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Chinese people have freedom of religion, US should stop using issue of religion to interfere: China
News source: https://www.wionews.com/world/chinese-people-have-freedom-of-religion-us-should-stop-using-issue-of-religion-to-interfere-china-236881

China demanded the US on Thursday to stop interfering in its internal affairs, after President Donald Trump met Chinese Uighur and other religious persecution victims at the White House. Trump, who has made religious freedom a centerpiece of his foreign policy, met with victims of religious persecution from countries including China, Turkey, North Korea, Iran and Myanmar.

News China Religion: Hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong protest bill that would allow extraditions to China

Published on: Sunday 09 June 2019
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hundreds-of-thousands-in-hong-kong-protest-law-to-allow-extraditions-to-china/2019/06/09/4cba9dde-8926-11e9-9d73-e2ba6bbf1b9b_story.html

Religious groups, housing nonprofits and university clubs mobilized their members. A politically organized group of housewives turned out, as did migrant workers from southern China. Opposition ...

News China Religion: Religious freedom watchdogs spotlight Chinese mistreatment of Muslim Uyghur minority

Published on: Friday 07 June 2019
News source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/7/chinas-treatment-uyghur-minority-scrutinized-herit/

The only barbed wire at learning centers should be at agricultural campuses for livestock, not at re-education camps for minority Muslims in China, Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador-at-Large for ...

News China Religion: China says its Panchen Lama made first trip outside country in May

Published on: Monday 10 June 2019
News source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tibet-idUSKCN1TC0JW

On his trip, which has not been reported before, he gave a speech at a Buddhist university in Bangkok and attended other Buddhist events and religious exchanges. The visit made him even more aware of ...

News China Religion: China deploys Confucius in bid to boost religion controls

Published on: Friday 31 May 2019
News source: https://www.pressherald.com/2019/05/31/china-deploys-confucius-in-bid-to-boost-religion-controls/

It has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage's hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control. BEIJING — China has begun five-day Confucian ...