The forced closure of four prominent house churches within less than two years received wide publicity in the West. These churches, known for large numbers of congregations and their firm stances in defying the CCP’s restrictive religious policies
There is always the risk that the hotel personnel or others attracted by the monetary rewards paid to those who denounce illegal religious activities report them to the police.
A large number of armed Chinese police officers raided the church to facilitate the annihilation of the cross from the church roof top. Shuixin X’tian Church had reinstalled its cross in late 2018 after CCP authorities had removed it in...
Ekrem told VOA the extradition treaty tilts largely in favor of China, where capital punishment is applied. He said Uyghur refugees who are at risk of a death sentence if they return to China are particularly made vulnerable by the...
The CCP had banned the Beijing Catholic Church of the Savior, also known as the Xishiku Church, from opening on Christmas Eve. Authorities had stationed armed security guards wearing black uniforms to barricade the church’s entrance and prevent parishioners from...
The meeting concluded that the new “official edition” of the Bible must not contain any content that contradicts socialism, and paragraphs deemed wrong by censors will be amended or retranslated.
IPVM, the world’s leading authority on video surveillance, discovered an internal Huawei document that, by purpose or mistake, was freely available on Huawei’s European website. Immediately after IPVM asked Huawei for explanations, the document disappeared.
CCP officials have reportedly issued and distributed a "Teacher’s Promise to Not Believe in Any Faith" form to Longwan District School (primary school) in Wenzhou—requiring each teacher's signature
“Why would I want to remove the cross?” the church director asked angrily afterward. “Officials threatened to demolish my house if I refused. They are defying the laws by making me do that. Religious liberty in China is merely a...
