The CCP is spending exorbitant sums of money and workforce to eliminate all outdoor religious symbols by demolishing or concealing them.
Yao Zhangjin
Buddhist Deity Statue Replaced with a Giant Teapot
CCP’s frenetic campaign to demolish outdoor Buddhist statues has resulted in yet another bizarre spectacle. Religious sculptures in cemeteries also face destruction.
Collateral Victims of Religious Suppression
On top of countless tortured to death for their belief, some people in China choose death over life without faith or die attempting to escape persecution.
CCP Fabricates Evidence Against Pastor Wang Yi
To extract testimonies proving that the leader of Early Rain Covenant Church was subverting state power, believers were reported to have been tortured and drugged.
Pastor Wang’s Parents and Son Under Surveillance
Since his arrest in December, the pastor’s mother has been beaten, the whole family is being monitored, and his lawyer was detained.
House Churches in Danger of Being Labeled Xie Jiao
The label xie jiao, reserved for banned “heterodox teachings,” is now increasingly applied to “normal” house churches.
Attended Church 10 Years Ago? No Travel for You
Chinese believers are finding that their travel is being monitored or prohibited. They fear social credit system and growing pressure on family members.
Police: “Come and Worship Me. I Am the Law!”
Repeated arrests of believers from Early Rain Covenant Church continue. The details of the beating of one faithful woman illustrate the extent of the injustice.
New Surveillance Program Tracks the Religious
“Sharp Eyes” increases the number of cameras on streets, part of China’s plan to install them everywhere, monitoring everyone, including people of faith.
The War on Buddhist Statues Continues
China’s believers are trying to conceal religious statues and icons in order to save them from destruction.
Yao Zhangjin
Uses a pseudonym for security reasons.