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Commission on International Religious Freedom: China's Codification and Escalation of the "Sinicization of Religion"
May 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 12 -- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued the following fact sheet:

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China's Codification and Escalation of the "Sinicization of Religion"

Introduction

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Xi Jinping's 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 . . .

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