At the Chinese Communist Party's 19th National Party Congress in October 2017, the country's president, Xi Jinping, promised to "sinicize religions" in the country. The promise came at the same time ...

Chinese bishops allied with the government have promised to proceed with the “sinicization” of Catholicism in China. During a national conference in Wuhan, two organizations elected leaders who vowed ...

“Inculturation” has been a Catholic buzzword for more than a half-century. It’s not the most elegant neologism, smacking as it does of sociologese. Still, it expresses a truth of Catholic missionary ...

HONG KONG — Four clerics have told Reuters that several bishops and other officials from the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association met in October with senior clerics of the Diocese of Hong Kong to ...

Only the Chinese Communist Party knows what "sincization" means. The five-year plan prepared by the Patriotic Association and the Council of Bishops serves to destroy the values present in religions.

Beijing’s Doudian Mosque, the largest Islamic house of worship in northern China, is the latest architectural landmark to be transfigured under Beijing’s Sinicization program aimed at downgrading or ...

The launch of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is expected to be announced soon, and some have expressed concerns that the new bank will be used by Beijing as a tool to boost China's ...

Monks participate in the final Dharma debating exam for the Geshe Lharampa degree at Jokhang Temple, Lhasa in April, 2021. [Photo by Daqiong/For chinadaily.com.cn] Since Buddhism was introduced from ...

A mainland spokesperson has sharply criticized on Wednesday the recent move by the Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to remove the term of people of the Han ethnic group from a ...

The five-year plan for the sinicization of sacred art and music is likely to result in non-Catholic cultural artwork. The antagonism between "Chinese" and "Western" is to great. Card. José da Costa ...