Authorities in Guangxi Autonomous Region arrested 16 believers from a house church last year; its 60-year-old preacher was later given a prison sentence.
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Yunnan House Church Shut Down, Its Funding Investigated
The church’s leader was interrogated if he had financial deals with people in Hong Kong or Macau to pay for the running of the church.
Believers Forced to Attend Government-Controlled Churches
The CCP is implementing its “sinicization” policy by prohibiting Christians to attend house churches.
Christians Arrested for Evangelism, One of Them Later Imprisoned
Two women went to Henchi city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region where they were taken into custody for spreading the gospel; one of them was detained, and the other was sentenced to three years in prison. House church members from Guilin – Li Xia and Fang En –...
Police Humiliates Christian Family, Takes Their Nude Photos
Three members of a family from Yunnan who were arrested in 2016 and subjected to mental torture recount their experience. In October 2016, four police officers from the Chuxiong local station showed up at the home of Zhang Qian (pseudonym). Her house was raided, and...
Christian Couple in Chuxiong, Yunnan Arrested
A husband and wife, members of a house church, were reported and arrested for organizing a congregation meeting. In the morning of October 21, 2016, the public security bureau of a county in Chuxiong city, Yunnan Province dispatched three squad cars and over ten...
Authorities Arrested Over 40 Buddhists in Yunnan
The dwellings at a Buddhist gathering place in Kunming city were demolished by the Chinese law enforcement, dispersing dozens of Buddhists. At 2 o’clock on the afternoon of June 2, 2018, over 40 Buddhists were reciting scripture in a tent on a small mountain in...
Buddhist Temple Demolished by Deceit (VIDEO)
Local authorities in Yunnan resorted to trickery to illegally demolish a temple. In the last week of June, a Buddhist temple in Yunnan Province’s Suijiang county fell prey to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continuing assault on religious faith. The deputy...
Authorities Deny Certification to Church, Demolish it Arbitrarily
A Three-Self church in Yunnan Province was arbitrarily demolished to make way for “consolidation.” On April 8, the Three-Self government-controlled Denglongba Church received a notice from the Lushui City Bureau of Religious Affairs that the church’s certification has...
Believer Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances in Detention
A member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, was arrested for her belief; some days later, her family was notified that she had killed herself. Xie Xin (pseudonym) from Guizhou Province, was arrested by the police in late March...
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