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The relentless persecution and sinicization efforts hint at a broader geopolitical aim. If China succeeds in its ambitions to take Taiwan, religious freedoms will probably be among the first casualties—similar to how Tibet and Xinjiang have been devastated in terms of religious and cultural identities. For China, suppressing religion is a means of consolidating power, as faith in a higher power beyond the CCP represents a fundamental challenge to authoritarian control.