Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 12, 2018 Recently, Bitter Winter learned that since the new revised Regulations on Religious Affairs came into force in February 2018, village officials in Fenggang township, Yugan county in Jiangxi’s Shangrao city...
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Government Orders to Remove the Cross from a Christian Church in Yongjia, Zhejiang Province
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 11, 2018 A Christian church, established about 15 years ago, sits on a mountainside in Meikeng Village, Qiaoxia Town, Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province. In the past, four big shiny golden Chinese characters meaning...
Officials in Fuyang, Anhui, Chase Away Minors from a Three-Self Church
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 11, 2018 On April 15, 2018, local government officials in Fuyang, Anhui, ordered more than 20 minors to leave a Three-Self church telling the believers that children are not allowed to believe in God or go to the church. At...
Christians Arrested for Distributing Religious Materials in Sichuan Province
Source: ChinaAid Date: May 11, 2018 ChinaAid reports that, on April 25th, the police arrested four congregation members of Autumn Rain Blessing Church for distributing Christian materials in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The four believers were...
Catholic Church Closed in Zhengzhou, Henan
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 11, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned that the Chinese Communist Party police shut down an “underground” Catholic church in Zhengzhou as part of an effort to enforce the new Chinese regulations on religion. From April 1 to 21,...
Tightening Rules on Foreigners Practicing Religions in China
Source: Radio Free Asia Date: May 10, 2018 China plans to tighten rules on foreigners who practice their religions in China, further violating religious and assembly freedoms, reports Radio Free Asia. The existing regulations, enforced in 1991, prohibit Chinese...
Authorities in Shandong Investigate Christian Churches
Source: ChinaAid Date: May 8, 2018 ChinaAid reports that Authorities in eastern Shandong province used anti-pornography and illegal publications campaign to investigate local Christian churches and inspect religious materials distributed there. In addition, teachers...
Chinese Communist Party Uses Community Administrators to Collect Information on Believers
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 6, 2018 Recently, the Chinese government has divided local “grassroots” communities into a grid pattern, with each grid made up of 15 to 20 households, which are monitored by a designated person called the “grid...
The Police Seize a Three-Self Church in Changyuan, Henan Province, and Arrest Pastors
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 5, 2018 On April 16, 2018, the police seized a Three-Self church in Huichi Village, Wuqiu Township, Changyuan County in Henan Province’s Xinxiang City, and arrested its two pastors. The church belongs to the Three-Self...
Documents and Pictures We Obtained from China
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 4, 2018 Bitter Winter was able to obtain from China some rare images of the crackdown against religious activities involving minors and the public preaching of religion that is taking place in China. The first...
