In their effort to “exert total control” over religion and to “sinicise” Catholic and Protestant Christianity, the authorities have “ordered the removal of crosses from churches [and] replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping,” the report said.

The report concluded that “every facet of religious life for Buddhists, Catholics and Protestant Christians, Muslims, and Taoists” was facing pressure to incorporate CCP ideology, and religious elements considered contradictory to the state’s political agenda were being eradicated.

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    3 months ago

    Why is the telegraph bad, I really like their journalists they have always come across well.

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        3 months ago

        Yes. Yes it does.

        From Media Bias/Fact Check:

        Bias Rating: RIGHT

        Factual Reporting: MIXED

        Country: United Kingdom

        MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE

        Media Type: Newspaper

        Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic

        MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

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          Yep. That tracks with what I was remembering. Sometimes their stuff is fine, sometimes it’s questionable right-wing rage-baiting.

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        3 months ago

        They write anti Polish people propaganda as well. Remember the British elites hate poor people harder than they hate brown people.