(TibetanReview.net, Jan06’22) – China is to bring into force on Mar 1 a new law that will ban efforts to spread religion or disseminate religious teaching through online channels such as social media as its Communist Party tightens restrictions on religious activity ahead of this fall’s crucial five-yearly party congress. The Congress will see Xi Jinping, the most powerful man in China since Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, perpetuating his rule for another five years and beyond. The new law – “Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services” – forbids or strictly limits a broad swathe of online...