Xi Jinping’s Religious Freedom Policy vs Human Rights

Abstract

The People’s Republic of China has signed to accept the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which include freedom in religious expression. Yet the control and suppression of religion has been carried on all the same since Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping according to the political climate. This paper aims at discussing the paradigm shift of religious freedom from the universal understanding to the “Chinese characteristics” under Xi Jinping’s rule with his launching of regulations and laws on tightening the control of religions in the name of national security.

Keywords

• religious freedom
• Religious Freedom Policy
• human rights
• national security
• United Front Policy
• religious suppression
• control of religions