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Beijing’s Modern ‘Cultural Revolution’ Threatens Western Civilization: US Commissioner

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Beijing’s Modern ‘Cultural Revolution’ Threatens Western Civilization: US Commissioner
Surveillance cameras are seen on a corner of Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
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5/5/2021|Updated: 5/5/2021

The communist regime in China is waging another “Cultural Revolution” and this time, it has worldwide implications, said Nury Turkel, a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

“What is happening in China today, with respect to religious ethnic minorities, with this repressive environment ... is literally a Cultural Revolution on steroids,” Turkel said in a recent interview on The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” program.
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers news in China and Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in materials science from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
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