Quanzhen: How China Weaponizes Taoism for Global Propaganda. 1. International Outreach

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The global expansion of the Quanzhen sect of Taoism and how the CCP has used it as a tool of influence through the United Front Work Department.

by Mattias Dali

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Note: “Bitter Winter” publishes, with the authorization of the author, excerpts from the new book “Infiltrating the Tao: China’s Influence Operations Targeting Quanzhen Taoist Communities in Taiwan and the West,” published by Religioscope, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2025.

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