{"id":45664,"date":"2019-07-21T09:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=45664"},"modified":"2019-07-22T09:28:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T08:28:46","slug":"china-relentless-crackdown-on-taoist-temples-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/china-relentless-crackdown-on-taoist-temples-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"#China : Relentless Crackdown on #Taoist Temples Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Was this part of Erdogan&#8217;s deal with China during his recent visit? If yes, then a human rights disaster could be in the making.<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GPHf51lgrr\">https:\/\/t.co\/GPHf51lgrr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianzenz\/status\/1152564564032217089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>That is the VERY argument for robust confrontation on all levels, rather than the kind of naive, patient collaboration that allows Beijing to slowly but surely build a global axis of authoritarianism.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianzenz\/status\/1152563195044929538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a>\u2019s official demographic figures seriously misrepresent the country\u2019s real population landscape. The real size of China\u2019s population could be 115 million fewer than the official number, putting China behind <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> in terms of population.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152795512569040896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a>\u2019s neighbours boost coastguards as tensions rise in <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SouthChinaSea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SouthChinaSea<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152792911819546624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>[Manifesto of HK Protesters] <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2zHjoj3Yo\">https:\/\/t.co\/k2zHjoj3Yo<\/a> <strong>It was for the first time HKers articulated a manifesto in city&#8217;s legislature. This was not merely a milestone; it showed how determined we could be in defense of freedom and in pursuit of democracy, even in the worst of times.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Joshua Wong \u9ec3&#228;??\u92d2 (@joshuawongcf) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuawongcf\/status\/1152806801710014466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Grandpa Chan, who has been on hunger strike, chanting with social workers in the march.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cHongkongers, add oil\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cSocial workers, add oil\u201d <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRDYMoOkEN\">pic.twitter.com\/gRDYMoOkEN<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014<strong> Eric Cheung (@EricCheungwc) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricCheungwc\/status\/1152784648625369089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> : Temples Ordered to Conceal Hundreds of Outdoor <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Buddhist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Buddhist<\/a> Statues.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In some temples of eastern provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang: CCP directed to cover them up \u201cto block the spread of religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152789173033689088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> : Relentless Crackdown on <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taoist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taoist<\/a> Temples Continues. Since last year, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taoism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taoism<\/a>, long considered as China\u2019s traditional religion, suffered the most severe crackdown since the Cultural Revolution.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152788802181750784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taiwan<\/a>&#8217;s government has pledged assistance to <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HongKong<\/a> protesters on humanitarian grounds, offering a haven for dissidents against the CCP. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mMLnmtLJWQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/mMLnmtLJWQ<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6NP2v26uOs\">pic.twitter.com\/6NP2v26uOs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Victims of Communism (@VoCommunism) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoCommunism\/status\/1152367570932158464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In Pictures: &#8218;Free Hong Kong; democracy now&#8216; &#8211; Thousands protest extradition bill, amid security lockdown <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/antiELAB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#antiELAB<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HongKong<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/china?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#china<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoToChinaExtradition?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoToChinaExtradition<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krislc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@krislc<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiuSinGallery?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SiuSinGallery<\/a><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0QtnCTvDz\">https:\/\/t.co\/n0QtnCTvDz<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HongKongFP\/status\/1152854229880434688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8222;Beijing seeks to weaken the role of Western democratic norms within the global order. But it is not seeking to overturn vital economic&#8230;components of that order from which China itself has benefited&#8230;&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Of course not. And that is precisely the problem. <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9xmYNevIQz\">https:\/\/t.co\/9xmYNevIQz<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianzenz\/status\/1152563193123921920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2018This Kind of Attempt to Assimilate Typically Backfires\u2019: Adrian Zenz<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kuqJ8glU4Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/kuqJ8glU4Z<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014<strong> Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianzenz\/status\/1152556381804908544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NorthKorean?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NorthKorean<\/a> Authorities Arrest Seven Teenagers for Watching <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SouthKorean?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SouthKorean<\/a> Movies.Parents are looking to borrow money for bribes to bail out their children.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152436428237869056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> : CCP Censors Textbooks for Children Making <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Uyghurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Uyghurs<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Buddhists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Buddhists<\/a> Disappear<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152434562603069440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> : <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tibetan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tibetan<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Buddhism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Buddhism<\/a> Suppressed , Lamas Closely Monitored, Temple Destroyed . Two temples in Shanxi were subjected to crackdowns: authorities have taken full control over one of them, while the other has been turned into ruins, lama arrested<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152091990668001281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tibet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tibet<\/a> : Thousands More Expelled From <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YachenGar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YachenGar<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Buddhist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Buddhist<\/a> Center . Authorities have moved ahead with removals from the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist study and meditation center, evicting a further 3,600 monks and nuns in recent days.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152092306721386496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Five <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UN<\/a> independent experts have questioned <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a>\u2019s use of its anti-separatism law to suppress freedom of expression, religion, assembly and association and the cultural rights of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tibetan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tibetan<\/a> people.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DossierTibet\/status\/1152862755495579648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cAnd it offers an augur of what international affairs will look like if the Chinese regime of Xi Jinping realizes its global ambitions: a world where most states meekly submit to Beijing\u2019s dictates and endorse its crimes.\u201d \u2066<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw_chinese?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hrw_chinese<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hrw<\/a><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zdtir6PCfj\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zdtir6PCfj<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u2014 Sophie Richardson (@SophieHRW) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophieHRW\/status\/1152858078037123072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was this part of Erdogan&#8217;s deal with China during his recent visit? If yes, then a human rights disaster could be in the making. https:\/\/t.co\/GPHf51lgrr<br \/>\n\u2014 Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) July 20, 2019<\/p>\n<p>That is the VERY argument for robust confrontation on all levels, rather than the kind of naive, patient collaboration that allows Beijing to slowly but [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45664"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45664"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45670,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45664\/revisions\/45670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}