{"id":8983,"date":"2026-05-11T17:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/chinas-codification-and-escalation-of-the-sinicization-of-religion\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:06:04","slug":"chinas-codification-and-escalation-of-the-sinicization-of-religion","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/chinas-codification-and-escalation-of-the-sinicization-of-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Codification and Escalation of the &#8220;Sinicization of Religion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"block-layout-region\">\n<div id=\"block-herointernalpageblock\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-hero-internal-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero_wrapper custom-hero  internal-hero-js-adjust\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 3%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), url(\" themes custom uscirf2020 assets images defaulthero.png\"); background-position-x: center; background-position-y: center\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h1 class=\"internal-hero-title\">China&#8217;s Codification and Escalation of the &#8220;Sinicization of Religion&#8221; <\/h1>\n<div class=\"custom-breadcrumb hidden\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"insertNavHere\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"container\">\n              <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-uscirf2020-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"basic-page\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-unique-19017\" style=\"\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-animation-delay=\"0.3\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"single-container row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"full-content\">\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Xi Jinping\u2019s rule has systematically intensified its restrictions of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) through a series of laws that it recently passed and promulgated, expanding its coercive \u201csinicization of religion\u201d policy. This issue update highlights the systematic nature of China\u2019s worsening repression of ethnoreligious minorities such as Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary single-cta-btn\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-05\/2026%20Issue%20Update%20Chinas%20Codification%20and%20Escalation%20of%20the%20Sinicization%20of%20Religion.pdf\">View PDF<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-taxonomytermview\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-taxonomy-term-view\">\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/publications\/chinas-codification-and-escalation-sinicization-religion?rand=6542\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s Codification and Escalation of the &#8220;Sinicization of Religion&#8221; The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Xi Jinping\u2019s rule has systematically intensified its restrictions of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) through a series of laws that it recently passed and promulgated, expanding its coercive \u201csinicization of religion\u201d policy. 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