Report: China develops a five-year plan to Sinicise Islam

Radio Free Asia reported that China’s government-backed Islamic Association was developing a five-year plan for the Sinicisation of Islam. Representatives from eight provinces and regions had discussed it at a Saturday meeting. Association president Yang Faming said mosques should uphold socialist values, traditional culture and laws. The report described a policy programme; its quoted activists’ predictions of religion’s eradication were their assessments.