Biden’s Choice in China
by Nina SheaThe Uighur genocide is an inconvenient fact for the Biden administration’s foreign policy climate change priorities. Continue Reading »
China’s Threat to the Bible
by Nina SheaAmerican Bible publishers can best preserve Americans’ First Amendment rights—and their own reputations—by immediately shifting their printing out of China. Continue Reading »
On Cages and Evangelization in China
by George WeigelAttempts to defend the Vatican’s shameful reluctance to support beleaguered Chinese Catholics remain unpersuasive, even ludicrous. Continue Reading »
The Costs of the Vatican’s Deal With China
by Nina SheaCardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong has accused the Holy See of accepting terms that will “kill our Church.” Continue Reading »
The Neo-Confucian Bluff
by David Lyle JeffreyAfter being denounced during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) as inconsistent with Marxist ideals, Confucianism has made an astonishing return to official favor in China. In 2010, I participated in the first Nishan Forum, which marked a dramatic and orchestrated confirmation that Confucian . . . . Continue Reading »
If You Sup With The Devil
by Francis X. MaierRome drastically misreads the CCP’s determination to replace any independent understanding of God or gods with its own omnipotence. Continue Reading »
Red Terror
by Gabriel RossmanAs American society was roiled this summer by civil unrest, purges, and struggle sessions, I read Frank Dikötter’s The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, a recently published book that is newly relevant. The subtitle is a bit of historiographic trolling. “People’s history” is a . . . . Continue Reading »
China’s Catholics and the Church’s Moral Witness
by Michael R. PompeoIf the Chinese Communist Party manages to bring the Catholic Church and other religious communities to heel, regimes that disdain human rights will be emboldened. Continue Reading »
The Next Pope and Vatican Diplomacy
by George WeigelVatican diplomacy seems to be reverting to a Casaroli-style accommodation of thuggish regimes. Continue Reading »
The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?
by George WeigelThis latest display of Beijing’s intent to enforce communist power in Hong Kong coincides with the most recent persecution of Jimmy Lai. Continue Reading »
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