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The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi
As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “Within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin, and at the heart of their psychology, hatred of God is the principal driving force, more fundamental than all their political and economic pretensions.” This is certainly true of the leaders of the Communist “dynasty” that currently rules China. Chairman Mao, the founder of the Red Dynasty, proudly referred to himself as wu fa wu tian—a Chinese phrase meaning that he was both Godless and lawless. His hatred of God was matched only his rejection of all authority other than his own.
The current occupant of the Dragon Throne, Xi Jinping has a thriving personality cult, including a Xi Jinping app that everyone must have on their phones which downloads daily readings from Xi’s speeches and writings. Churches are being turned into “Civilization Practice Stations for the New Era”, their Bibles confiscated and replaced with Xi’s collected works, sermons replaced with political indoctrination of the “Thou shalt have no other gods before you than the CCP” kind. Pictures of Jesus Christ are taken down and replaced with pictures of Chairman Mao and Secretary Xi.
In The Devil and Communist China, Steven Mosher lays out in great detail the diabolical self-aggrandizement with deep roots in Chinese ancient political theory, called Legalism, which established the prototype for the totalitarian rule that the Chinese people suffer under today. It is perhaps no accident that the red dragon has been, since the founding of China as a unified country in 220 BC, as the archetypal symbol of that country. The Devil’s false promise has always been “You shall be as Gods,” and China’s leaders down to the present day continue to make this Faustian bargain, to the detriment of the Chinese people and—ultimately—their own souls.
The current occupant of the Dragon Throne, Xi Jinping has a thriving personality cult, including a Xi Jinping app that everyone must have on their phones which downloads daily readings from Xi’s speeches and writings. Churches are being turned into “Civilization Practice Stations for the New Era”, their Bibles confiscated and replaced with Xi’s collected works, sermons replaced with political indoctrination of the “Thou shalt have no other gods before you than the CCP” kind. Pictures of Jesus Christ are taken down and replaced with pictures of Chairman Mao and Secretary Xi.
In The Devil and Communist China, Steven Mosher lays out in great detail the diabolical self-aggrandizement with deep roots in Chinese ancient political theory, called Legalism, which established the prototype for the totalitarian rule that the Chinese people suffer under today. It is perhaps no accident that the red dragon has been, since the founding of China as a unified country in 220 BC, as the archetypal symbol of that country. The Devil’s false promise has always been “You shall be as Gods,” and China’s leaders down to the present day continue to make this Faustian bargain, to the detriment of the Chinese people and—ultimately—their own souls.
304 pages, Hardcover
Published March 19, 2024
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Steven W. Mosher
17 books50 followersSteven W. Mosher is an internationally recognized authority on China and population issues, as well as an acclaimed author, speaker. He has worked tirelessly since 1979 to fight coercive population control programs and has helped hundreds of thousands of women and families worldwide over the years.
In 1979, Steven was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China. He was invited there by the Chinese government, where he had access to government documents and actually witnessed women being forced to have abortions under the new “one-child policy.” Mr. Mosher was a pro-choice atheist at the time, but witnessing these traumatic abortions led him to reconsider his convictions and to eventually become a practicing, pro-life Roman Catholic.
Steven has appeared numerous times before Congress as an expert in world population, China, and human rights abuses. He has also made TV appearances on Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, 20/20, FOX and CNN news, as well as being a regular guest on talk radio shows across the nation.
Articles by Steve have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, The New Republic, The Washington Post, National Review, Reason, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Freedom Review, Linacre Quarterly, Catholic World Report, Human Life Review, First Things, and numerous other publications.
Steven Mosher lives in Virginia with his wife, Vera, and their nine children.
In 1979, Steven was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China. He was invited there by the Chinese government, where he had access to government documents and actually witnessed women being forced to have abortions under the new “one-child policy.” Mr. Mosher was a pro-choice atheist at the time, but witnessing these traumatic abortions led him to reconsider his convictions and to eventually become a practicing, pro-life Roman Catholic.
Steven has appeared numerous times before Congress as an expert in world population, China, and human rights abuses. He has also made TV appearances on Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, 20/20, FOX and CNN news, as well as being a regular guest on talk radio shows across the nation.
Articles by Steve have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, The New Republic, The Washington Post, National Review, Reason, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Freedom Review, Linacre Quarterly, Catholic World Report, Human Life Review, First Things, and numerous other publications.
Steven Mosher lives in Virginia with his wife, Vera, and their nine children.
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June 17, 2024
Satan is Indeed Alive and Thriving!
This book boldly targets the father of communism, Satan, and his toadies. To laugh at the book's title is to chip away and eventually deny Satan's culpability and reality.
This book boldly targets the father of communism, Satan, and his toadies. To laugh at the book's title is to chip away and eventually deny Satan's culpability and reality.
August 30, 2024
This book was, to say the least, headache-inducing. The constant, argumentative, and polemical tone made it difficult to discern any scholarly debate or fair criticism of Communist China, the CCP, Mao Zedong, and Xi Jinping. This could have been an interesting and informative book about the harms and evils of Communist China, but it was definitely not that. The angry, polemical tone and constant use of overstatements and exaggerations made the book difficult to read. When every page describes Communist China as evil incarnate, the impact of the point is diminished by its constant repetition. Let the facts speak for themselves. I'm not a fan of the CCP, which is why I picked up the book in the first place, but the constant barrage of hyperbole assaulted my eyes. Show, don’t tell.
Another issue I found offensive was the author’s stereotyping of Chuang Zi’s and Lao Zi’s philosophies as essentially demonic. While I understand the author comes from a Catholic Christian perspective (and I am Christian myself), this stereotyping of these two philosophers ignores any positive contributions their philosophies made to classical China. This book is about the CCP; there’s no reason to criticize Chinese culture as a whole. It’s my impression that the Catholic Church views different religions and philosophies as containing partial truths, albeit not the whole Truth found in Christ. So, I don’t understand where these accusations are coming from. I couldn’t continue reading the book, and I stopped.
Another issue I found offensive was the author’s stereotyping of Chuang Zi’s and Lao Zi’s philosophies as essentially demonic. While I understand the author comes from a Catholic Christian perspective (and I am Christian myself), this stereotyping of these two philosophers ignores any positive contributions their philosophies made to classical China. This book is about the CCP; there’s no reason to criticize Chinese culture as a whole. It’s my impression that the Catholic Church views different religions and philosophies as containing partial truths, albeit not the whole Truth found in Christ. So, I don’t understand where these accusations are coming from. I couldn’t continue reading the book, and I stopped.
June 3, 2025
The king of all "must read" books.
When a book takes you from a place of ignorance to a place of truth, it has doon a good thing.
When a book gives you "the whole picture", it has done another good thing.
When a book explains things so "the average Joe/Jane" can understand, it has done what other books have not done.
When a book accomplishes all of the above, and maintains interest in the likes of me, who found the truth distasteful (understatement), then the book is rare, stellar and worthy of recommend to just about the whole of humanity.
When a book takes you from a place of ignorance to a place of truth, it has doon a good thing.
When a book gives you "the whole picture", it has done another good thing.
When a book explains things so "the average Joe/Jane" can understand, it has done what other books have not done.
When a book accomplishes all of the above, and maintains interest in the likes of me, who found the truth distasteful (understatement), then the book is rare, stellar and worthy of recommend to just about the whole of humanity.
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