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I witnessed some of this

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 02:47:35 +0000

I witnessed some of this firsthand a long time ago - it was alarming even then. I can only imagine with the "advances" of Internet 2.0 and related technology (and an even more repressive/self-assured Chinese government feeling its oats).

Myers' article has a

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:19:08 +0000

In reply to The NYTimes today:

Myers' article has photographic examples of what they are doing with mosques to try to "Sinicize" them:

Caption: A Chinese-style mosque in Mamichang, a village in the southern province of Yunnan.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has called for the “Sinicization of Islam.”
Credit: Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Caption: Prayers at a mosque in Linxia, on Sunday. Spray paint has been applied to the
vase on the right, possibly to cover up Arabic script.
Credit: Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times

The NYTimes today:

artappraiser — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 22:07:03 +0000

In reply to ‘Boiling us like frogs’: China’s clampdown on Muslims creeps into the heartland, finds new targets

The NYTimes today, by Steven Lee Myers from YINCHUAN:

A secret Communist Party directive, titled “Reinforcing and Improving Islam Work in the New Situation,” warns against the “Arabization” of Islamic places, fashions and rituals in China https://t.co/wtNzykZZiF
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) September 21, 2019