How the Chinese Regime Wages War on Religion: Marco Respinti

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🔵 Try Epoch Times now: https://ept.ms/3Uu1JA5 This is the 30 minute TV version of Jan Jekielek’s interview with Marco Respinti. The longer-form version was released on Epoch TV on March 11, 2025. 🔴 Watch the extended version of this episode: https://ept.ms/Y0311MarcoRespinti There are few people who have played a more important role in broadly supporting the rights of religious believers in China than Marco Respinti, director-in-charge of the Bitter Winter magazine. “In the first six to eight months of our existence online as a magazine, some 40 people who were connected to us on the ground were arrested in China. … Half of them simply disappeared,” Respinti says. During the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, Jan finally had the opportunity to sit down with Respinti to discuss how the Chinese Communist Party systematically infiltrates, coopts, and destroys religious movements in China. CHAPTER TITLES 0:00:01 - Introduction to Marco Respinti and Religious Freedom Advocacy 0:01:25 - The Fundamental Nature of Religious Freedom 0:03:59 - American Democracy and Global Inspiration 0:06:36 - Focus on Religious Persecution in China 0:08:03 - The Scope of Religious Suppression in China 0:13:36 - Transnational Repression Beyond Chinese Borders 0:16:12 - International Religious Freedom Summit 0:17:09 - A Catholic's Perspective on Interfaith Religious Freedom 0:18:44 - Hope and Purpose in Religious Freedom Advocacy 0:20:05 - Personal Impact and Successful Interventions 0:21:33 - Risks of Reporting from Inside China 0:22:58 - Closing Remarks and Reflection 🔵 Sign up for the American Thought Leaders ALERTS newsletter to stay up-to-date on new episodes, releases, and special events 👉 https://ept.ms/ATLnewsletter 💛 Support us 👉https://donorbox.org/american-thought-leaders ------------------------------------------------- © All Rights Reserved.