The Red Armbands Are Watching You. Everywhere
Reminiscent of the Cultural Revolution, China mobilizes citizen spies, vigilantes to “maintain public order” and suppress religion.
Archives for 2018
House Churches Shuttered in Northeastern China
Government officials have been going on a rampage to close churches that won’t join the state-approved Three-Self Church.
3,000 Officer Squelch Garbage Plant Protest
Fearing for health and safety, residents of Teng’ao town protest a large-scale garbage incineration plant close to town. People protest, authorities crack down.
In China, Moses Delivers Only Nine Commandments
In a “sinicization” move bordering on farce, authorities force a church to delete one commandment from the fundamental law of Judaism and Christianity.
CCP Monitors, Punishes Comments on Social Media
Authorities in China scan cell phones at will, and even the most benign comment – from years ago – can have lifelong consequences.
Pastors Accused of “Foreign Affiliations”
Husband and wife pastor duo in Tongjiang city lose church after buying religious books from South Korea, which officials deemed illegal.
New Pogrom Against The Church of Almighty God
In early December, Heilongjiang provincial authorities mobilized a large police force and launched a mass arrest operation against members of the CAG.
The Orwellian Life in Xinjiang Campuses
More than a million Uyghurs are languishing in transformation through education camps, but millions are still at large in the no-mans land of uncertainty where a careless word or administrative whim could put them behind bars.
Dozens of Bitter Winter Reporters Arrested
Accused of espionage and subversion, at least 45 contributors were arrested and interrogated; the reporter who filmed a secret camp in Xinjiang “disappeared” after the arrest.
