The Chinese government often uses indirect intimidation tactics to carry out its persecution of religious faith. In the case of underground churches, the people who rent out to them are often pressured to terminate agreements.
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Owners of Destroyed Factories Punished for Seeking Justice
Last year, Fujian authorities forcibly shut down and demolished some factories on the pretext of “combating pollution.” The owners were denied compensation and illegally detained while fighting for their rights.
Zhejiang Resident Driven out of Home by Intimidation
Taizhou city authorities sought to expropriate the land and forced protesting villagers to give up their property by threatening to implicate their family members.
How Government Made Scapegoats Out of Five Chinese Youths
Chinese authorities often hire criminals or outsiders to help with its dirty work of land grabbing. When things went wrong in one such case in Fujian, they ended up putting innocent people in prison.
Police Beat Farmers Defending Their Rights (Videos)
The authorities of Putian city in Fujian Province ordered police officers to take over the land that belonged to farmers in the village of Gaodi. Nine farmers were arrested for standing up against the viciousness of the government.
“I’m Wearing a Police Uniform and Don’t Need Credentials”
Police officers and government officials raided a gathering place of the Eternal Life Christian Church in Fujian’s Fuzhou and ordered to cease gatherings, in complete disregard to religious regulations and law enforcement procedures.
Harassed for Signing Statement Against Authorities
The Guangdong-based house church ministers have been called in for questioning and threatened for putting their names on the document. On August 30, house church pastors, ministers, and elders signed a joint statement denouncing the Chinese government’s persecution of...
The Church of Almighty God Hit Again in Jiangxi
Over 200 Church members were arrested since the beginning of summer in this southeastern province; a hundred more believers were questioned by the police.
Injured While Defending a Temple (VIDEOS)
Zhejiang Province authorities demolished a temple in Ningbo city in late August, violently beating protesting believers.
Teacher Arrested for Commenting on Social Media
The resident of Ningde city in the southeastern province of Fujian questioned the Chinese state’s pursuit of socialism and called for constitutional reforms.
Lin Yijiang
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