Reporter : Fu Mingzhen
Editor : Yuan Mingqing
Publisher : Sound Of Hope
Direct translation
Image credit : The Epoch Times
The Chinese Communist authorities have restricted freedom of expression and not only launched a severe crackdown on religious activities in China. Believers are also not allowed to carry out activities related to traditional spiritual practice.
According to "Winter Winter" magazine, which has long been concerned about human rights issues in China, in May this year, Party members in Anshan City, Liaoning Province received the "Ten Prohibitions on Communist Party Members' Belief." Wear or place any items with religious elements in residences or office premises; it is strictly forbidden to enter or leave religious places without working relationship; it is strictly forbidden to receive religious personnel without permission; it is strictly forbidden to take the opportunity of business trips, tourism, and vacations to participate in religious worship by the name of viewing scenic spots and historic sites, blessings, etc.
"The Chinese Communist Party's strict regulations require that Communist Party members draw a line between formality and religion, and maintain "purity" in ideology," an insider of the government said in an analysis.
In Tibet, the CCP’s restrictions on party members are even stricter. In May 2019, the Organization Department of the Changdu City Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region issued a disciplinary requirement that Communist Party members must not believe in religion or participate in religious activities.
In addition to similar content to the ban in Anshan, party members are also prohibited from expressing their opinions on religious issues. Party members are not even allowed to swear gambling, smoking and drinking, killing lives, and yawning in the name of God and Buddha.
In addition, if party members send money to relatives of religious clerks living abroad, they must report to the government about the relatives.
Not only are party members frequently punished for their beliefs, but some party members have even been punished for participating in religious activities or family belief in God many years ago.
In October 2019, a party member in a city of Liaoning Province incurred a series of penalties for saying "Thank the Lord". The local town government not only asked her to write a review several times, but also tore down the religious paintings in her home, but also threatened to seize the The official church then asked the village committee for the list of believers in the village in the name of investigating the members of the church, and entered the households to clear the belief signs one by one.
On April 28, the United States International Commission on Religious Freedom released its 2020 report on global religious freedom. Due to the severe persecution of religious beliefs by the Chinese Communist Party, China has been listed as a "state of special concern" for 21 consecutive years.
Being classified as a "state of special concern" means that the country is "the worst of the worst" in terms of religious freedom, that is, the national government participates in or tolerates systematic, persistent and serious persecution of religious freedom.
Gary Bauer, a member of the committee, said at the press conference that if a separate line can be added to the "special country of concern," communist China and North Korea should be placed separately.
Ball said that the CCP clearly “declares war” on religious beliefs, and requires that the people only be loyal to the Communist Party. The number of religious persecutions in China is greater than the total number of other countries in the world. The CCP also exports persecution patterns to attract international organizations. One Such a regime that severely persecuted religious beliefs also played a destructive role on other issues.
The report states that the Chinese government uses high technology to monitor the entire country, and uses face recognition and artificial intelligence technology to monitor people who believe in it. In Xinjiang, about 900,000 to 1.8 million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzs in China are called Kirgiz) and other Muslims are held in more than 1,300 concentration camps; in Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism is forced to assimilate and suffer By the time of the suppression, the temple was demolished and the monks and nuns were expelled; hundreds of house churches were closed and priests were arrested and sentenced throughout China; thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were arrested last year, and forced organ removal is still underway on a large scale Many of the victims were Falun Gong practitioners.
According to statistics from Minghui.com, in 2019, nearly 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners were kidnapped and harassed by the CCP. Among them, 6109 people were arrested illegally (as of January 2020, 2709 people had returned home), 3582 people were illegally harassed, and 789 Falun Gong practitioners were wronged.
In November 2004, The Epoch Times published an editorial "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party", which comprehensively and systematically analyzed the CCP and revealed that the CCP is the root cause of all suffering and sin in the current Chinese society. This book also triggered a "three withdrawal" tide of Chinese people's withdrawal from the Communist Party, regiment, and team organizations.
As of July 16, 2020, more than 350 million Chinese have declared "three withdrawals" and withdrew from the Communist Party, Youth League, and Team organizations.
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