Forced indoctrination is alive and well in China’s places of worship, thanks, in part, to the “four requirements” – a nationwide campaign, adopted in June 2018, to promote the “sinicization” of religion – the blatant attempt by the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, to promote Party worship over God. The four practices require religious communities to ritually raise the national flag; promote the Chinese constitution and laws; promote “Core Socialist Values”; and promote “China’s excellent traditional culture.” It’s an effort to beat into their heads an earthly ideology.
