Registration of Three-Self believers moves naturally to controlling what Christians read and hear in sermons, transforming churches into stealth Party branches.
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CCP “Exterminating Buddha” by Destroying Large Statues
China’s Buddhist statues are falling one by one as the Chinese Communist Party intensifies its campaign to rid the country of its religious symbolism.
Henan: 410 Religious Meeting Venues Closed in Xinxiang City
A report provided by a government insider highlights the severity of religious persecution in 2018.
Universal Periodic Review of China: NGOs Strike Back
In the debate about the very soft UPR report, NGOs say they are not happy. Some insist on religious persecution.
Annual Party Events Bring Crackdown on Religious, Dissidents
During the Two Sessions, “stability maintenance” and “prevention and control” efforts increased. Travel is prohibited, and citizen spies are out in force.
Universal Periodic Review of China: A Disappointing Document
The troika including Saudi Arabia, Kenya, and Hungary delivers a document that simply lists the opinion of different countries on human rights in China, without taking any position.
U.S., China Clash on Human Rights Report
Annual U.S. Report on Human Rights singles out China as worst violator, denounces torture against Uyghurs, Falun Gong and The Church of Almighty God.
China’s “Poverty Alleviation” Farce
The lies and deceit at the heart of communism continue, as properties are destroyed and families disrupted to hide poverty from official statistics.
Kazakh Writer and His Siblings Detained in Xinjiang Camps
Xinjiang authorities arrested Dilshat Oralbai in early 2018, along with his two sisters and a brother. Activists and families are fighting for their release.
Government Going After Churches’ Money
CCP is tightening the purse strings on Three-Self churches by forcing them to deposit their money, i.e., Christians’ tithes, into government-controlled bank accounts.