The targets of these restrictions include teachers and health-care workers, in addition to low-level civil servants.
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The Move to Cut off Christianity Starts at Seminaries
Destroy underground seminaries, control curriculum at state-approved facilities, and prohibit foreign studies: control the church by controlling the clergy.
Muslims in Xinjiang Treated as Terrorists
Although they are not technically living in prison, the built environment and the government regulations remind the Muslims: We think you are a threat.
Underground Catholic Churches Forced to the Catacombs
Reminiscent of early Christians, Chinese Catholics must move in secret and meet in out-of-the-way places, while priests face arrest if caught.
Preachers of State-Sanctioned Churches Losing Their Permits
Authorities are coming up with absurd reasons for taking away Christians’ ability to worship and preach. The new one is the age of preachers.
Students Forced to Sign Religion-Rejection Commitments
Government officials are going after primary and secondary school students to fill their minds with atheist ideology.
Inside the Transfer of Xinjiang Muslims
Exclusive new details have emerged about the transfer of Uyghur detainees outside Xinjiang, and the conditions inside the prisons warehousing them for re-education.
Control the Money, Control the Church
With surveillance cameras watching donation boxes and mandatory deposits of donations in state accounts, the noose tightens around church activities.
US Congress’ Lantos Commission Adopts CAG’s Mo Xiufeng as Prisoner of Conscience
For the first time, a prisoner of The Church of Almighty God detained in China is “adopted” by the bipartisan Lantos Commission of the US Congress.
Xinjiang Uses Citizen Informers to “Root Out” Enemies
Using agricultural metaphors, authorities move to “excavate, reduce, and eradicate” their enemies by Cultural Revolution-like citizens reporting on each other.