Buddhist Temples “Reformed” to Become CCP’s Pawns

A monk receives donation from a girl during a traditional mendicants' walk in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang Province on May 22, 2018. Monks walked from Faxi Temple to Lingyin Temple as they received donations from residents for charity, to mark the birthday of Shakyamuni, founder of Buddhism. AFP/Getty Images

Reproduced from Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights in China

The Chinese regime is training abbots as mouthpieces to spread propaganda and requires temples to undergo standardized management assessments.

Don’t be surprised if you hear personnel from government-approved religious venues say that China has full religious freedom, because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is actively grooming envoys among the official clergy that are taught to spread the “good” word.