Three-Self Patriotic Movement
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The Three-Self Patriotic Movement is a state-sanctioned Protestant organization in China that promotes self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation of churches under government oversight.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Three-Self Patriotic Movement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9155543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Three-Self Patriotic Movement Context triple: [religious policy of the People's Republic of China, implementedThrough, Three-Self Patriotic Movement]
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People’s Commune movement
The People’s Commune movement was a radical collectivization campaign in late 1950s China that merged rural households into large communal units to reorganize agriculture, labor, and social life under Maoist ideology.
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Yihetuan Movement
The Yihetuan Movement, better known as the Boxer Rebellion, was a violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian uprising in China at the turn of the 20th century that sought to expel foreign influence and was ultimately suppressed by an international military coalition.
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was a decade-long sociopolitical movement in China (1966–1976) launched by Mao Zedong to reassert his control, enforce ideological purity, and reshape Chinese society through mass mobilization and widespread persecution.
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Four Modernizations program
The Four Modernizations program was a late-20th-century Chinese reform agenda aimed at rapidly modernizing the country’s agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology sectors.
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Reform and Opening-Up
Reform and Opening-Up was a transformative series of economic and social reforms in China that shifted the country toward a market-oriented economy and greater engagement with the global community starting in the late 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Three-Self Patriotic Movement Target entity description: The Three-Self Patriotic Movement is a state-sanctioned Protestant organization in China that promotes self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation of churches under government oversight.
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A.
People’s Commune movement
The People’s Commune movement was a radical collectivization campaign in late 1950s China that merged rural households into large communal units to reorganize agriculture, labor, and social life under Maoist ideology.
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B.
Yihetuan Movement
The Yihetuan Movement, better known as the Boxer Rebellion, was a violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian uprising in China at the turn of the 20th century that sought to expel foreign influence and was ultimately suppressed by an international military coalition.
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C.
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution was a decade-long sociopolitical movement in China (1966–1976) launched by Mao Zedong to reassert his control, enforce ideological purity, and reshape Chinese society through mass mobilization and widespread persecution.
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D.
Four Modernizations program
The Four Modernizations program was a late-20th-century Chinese reform agenda aimed at rapidly modernizing the country’s agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology sectors.
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E.
Reform and Opening-Up
Reform and Opening-Up was a transformative series of economic and social reforms in China that shifted the country toward a market-oriented economy and greater engagement with the global community starting in the late 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian organization in China
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religious organization ⓘ state-sanctioned Protestant organization ⓘ |
| activity |
organizing Protestant worship within legal framework
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publishing religious materials under state regulation ⓘ religious education under government oversight ⓘ |
| aimsTo | eliminate foreign missionary control of Chinese churches ⓘ |
| alignedWith | policies of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| associatedWith | China Christian Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| foundedAfter | establishment of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| hasMembership |
registered Protestant clergy
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registered Protestant congregations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Beijing ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Cold War anti-imperialist campaigns in China ⓘ |
| ideology | three-self principles ⓘ |
| influences | structure of Protestant church life in mainland China ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Chinese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | officially recognized religious body ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | United Front Work Department of the CCP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto |
self-governance
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self-propagation ⓘ self-support ⓘ |
| movementType | patriotic religious movement ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| operatesUnder |
Chinese Communist Party
NERFINISHED
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State Administration for Religious Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | unregistered house churches ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Chinese Communist Party United Front system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policy | sinicization of Christianity ⓘ |
| principle |
self-governance of churches
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self-propagation of churches ⓘ self-support of churches ⓘ |
| purpose |
to place Protestant churches under state oversight
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to promote loyalty to the Chinese state among Protestants ⓘ to reduce foreign influence in Chinese Protestant churches ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of the People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates | registered Protestant churches in China ⓘ |
| regulatoryRole |
approval of church buildings for registered Protestants
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coordination of church-state relations for Protestants in China ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| religiousDenomination | various Protestant denominations ⓘ |
| scope | nationwide in mainland China ⓘ |
| shortName | TSPM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | debates on religious freedom in China ⓘ |
| supervises |
ordination of Protestant clergy in registered churches
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theological education in registered Protestant seminaries ⓘ |
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Subject: Three-Self Patriotic Movement Description of subject: The Three-Self Patriotic Movement is a state-sanctioned Protestant organization in China that promotes self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation of churches under government oversight.
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