A collection of Bitter Winter reports on how Christians in China continue practicing their faith, in the face of persecution, deprived of places to worship.
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Young Believer Loses Sight in One Eye After Torture
Seven years ago, a 23-year-old man was imprisoned for being a member of The Church of Almighty God. He continues to be persecuted after his release from custody.
The Repression of Uyghurs and Other Muslim Minorities in China
The text of Ms. Sawut’s speech at the June 20, 2019, conference in Seoul, The Long Arm of the Dragon, co-organized by Bitter Winter.
“Studies” in Prison: Staff Member Uncovers Details of a Xinjiang Camp
Bitter Winter continues exposing the lies by Chinese authorities about the “transformation through education” camps. In an interview, an employee in one such internment facilities in Xinjiang spoke about quotas for detainees, the categories into which they are divided, and miserable living conditions.
Young, Persecuted Member of The Church of Almighty God Is Granted Asylum in US
18-year old Sister Danxiang Cheng was recognized as a refugee after a legal battle that lasted several months.
Chinese Ministry of State Security Takes Over the Campaign Against Bitter Winter
Since the arrests of reporters did not stop Bitter Winter, China escalates the campaign against our magazine and adopts extraordinary measures to prevent the leaks of secret documents. Bitter Winter reported on August 1 that several reporters that have sent...
New Efforts to Hunt Down Believers in Almighty God
An internal Communist Party document reveals a year-long campaign against The Church of Almighty God in Shanxi. Bitter Winter obtained an internal document of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government exposing a year-long campaign to crack down on The Church of...
Shanxi Christians Undergo Heavy Prison Sentences, One Crippled
Released after completing a three-year sentence for her belief, a Christian comes home with serious health problems. Wang Ping (pseudonym) who was arrested in April 2015 has recently been released after completing her three-year sentence at the Yuci Women’s Prison in...
Remembering Catholic Bishop Zeng Jingmu: Was He Assassinated?
A very popular bishop of the underground Catholic Church died in 2016. Doubts now arise on the real causes of his death. Bishop (Thomas) Zeng Jingmu was part of the underground Catholic Church, which is loyal to the Vatican and, unlike the so-called Patriotic Catholic...
Massive Church Closures in Lingbao, Henan
Local authorities of the city of Lingbao threaten to forcibly demolish churches if they do not take down their crosses. According to unofficial calculations, since the new Regulations on Religious Affairs came into effect on February 1, 2018, at least 13 religious...
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Bitter Winter reports on how religions are allowed, or not allowed, to operate in China and how some are severely persecuted after they are labeled as “xie jiao,” or heterodox teachings. We publish news difficult to find elsewhere, analyses, and debates.
Placed under the editorship of Massimo Introvigne, one of the most well-known scholars of religion internationally, “Bitter Winter” is a cooperative enterprise by scholars, human rights activists, and members of religious organizations persecuted in China (some of them have elected, for obvious reasons, to remain anonymous).