The CCP authorities are intensifying anti-religious campaigns in schools, organizing marches and making parents keep their children away from church.
Wang Yichi
Temples Punished for Not Worshiping Political Leaders
Statues and portraits of China’s leaders – former and present – continue to be placed in religious venues, in an effort to make them the only “gods.”
Henan Authorities Continue to Shut down House Churches
Meeting venues are raided, Bibles and religious articles seized, and believers registered and photographed for further surveillance.
All Crosses in Henan’s Xiayi County Removed by CCP Officials
As government authorities continue their campaign to eradicate religion from China, religious symbols are removed.
Henan: 410 Religious Meeting Venues Closed in Xinxiang City
A report provided by a government insider highlights the severity of religious persecution in 2018.
Shaolin Martial Arts Schools Forced to Take “Red Road”
Famous schools must cut all ties with their historical past, shedding robes and statues and names that evoke their Buddhist origins.
CCP Goes After Church Venues in Disrepair
Perfectly functional, or barely functional, the Chinese government will go after any religious meeting site.
Shop Signs with Religious Symbols Removed
“Promoting religious belief or using religious words is not allowed in public places,” is the party line in China’s central province of Henan.
Rewards Spur Local Governments to Destroy Temples
In Henan province, authorities find yet another way to undermine religion: play on citizens’ greed to make them allies in repression.
World’s Tallest Bronze Statue of Laozi Hidden by State (VIDEO)
Eight years after local authorities attended the ceremonial unveiling, the same authorities now say the statue of the Daoist holy man is unapproved and must go.
Wang Yichi
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