Local governments repurpose places of worship and turn them into propaganda centers, entertainment venues, or factories. Some are even leveled to the
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The CCP comes up with new pretexts to suppress people of faith. In Zhejiang Province, believers’ businesses are threatened if they disobey government
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The CCP persecutes people for electronic devices with religious content as part of the campaign against “illegal publications and pornography.” by Li
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Ahead of provincial government inspections, local authorities ordered to eliminate crosses from the roofs of Protestant and Catholic venues from April
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As soon as coronavirus lockdowns were lifted, government officials in Duchang county resumed crackdown campaigns on places of worship. by Wang Yong
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The Chinese government is using WeChat, a popular multi-purpose social media and messaging app, for mass surveillance, including to monitor people of
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The minute coronavirus prevention restrictions were eased, state-run churches in Jiangxi Province felt the resurgence of onslaughts. Many were closed
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The government harassed these Protestant places of worship on a variety of pretexts: from “disturbing neighbors” to “supporting protests in Hong Kong.
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04/17/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On April 15, a state-sanctioned church’s cross was forcibly removed by the local authorities in C...
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Though approved by the government, Three-Self churches are not guaranteed protection from the state, and they often become targets of religious persec
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While the CCP governs the Three-Self Church, many of its venues are not issued religious activity registration certificates and are subsequently stifl
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The infamous social credit system invades places of worship, as state-run churches and temples are evaluated with points, some closed down for being “
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In the name of resisting “foreign religious infiltration,” the CCP prevents believers from going abroad and having any contact with overseas groups or
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For the CCP, it’s not enough to replace the Ten Commandments with the president’s portraits and quotations. It is now mandatory for believers to study
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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party rule, China’s capital prepared a “gift” for believers by closing down their places of worship
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Defrauded by the CCP, congregations of state-approved churches are left with nowhere to worship after they agree to tear down their dilapidated buildi
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Government-controlled Protestant churches suffer brutal crackdowns, often resulting in closures that leave large numbers of believers without a place
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Three government-approved Protestant churches have been destroyed in Shandong’s Linyi city for various made up reasons. by Li Mingxuan At the begi
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The CCP continues taking over places of worship, threatening congregations to demolish buildings if they refuse. Testimonies from Jiangxi, Liaoning, a
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Eager to prove to higher-ups their gusto in suppressing religions, Xingyang city authorities shattered numerous Christian and folk religion places of