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05/30/2018 Bitter Winter

Preschools Join the Crackdown on Religious Freedoms

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 A source informed Bitter Winter recently that, in April, a preschool in Luanchuan County, which is part of the prefecture-level city of Luoyang, Henan, sent a WeChat (a popular messaging and social media application in China) message in its chat group about resisting “religious propaganda.”

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05/30/2018 Bitter Winter

Horizontal Boards With Christian Inscriptions Removed Across Henan Province

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 30, 2018 On May 5, 2018, a village official from Wuzhi County, which is part of the prefecture-level city of Jiaozuo, Henan, used an electric drill to remove four Chinese characters 以马内利(meaning “Emmanuel”) on a horizontal inscribed board that belonged to a Christian from the Three-Self Church.

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05/29/2018 Bitter Winter

Anti-Cultists Criticize the Efficacious Spirit Movement

Source: ChinaSource and information from CESNUR Date: May 29, 2018 ChinaSource, quoting Christian anti-cult ministries, report that a Chinese new religious movement called Ling Ling, better known to scholars as the Efficacious Spirit Teachings movement, worries the authorities in China for its missionary activity through the social network WeChat, which it uses to

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05/28/2018 Bitter Winter

Children Banned from Praising the Lord in a Park

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 28, 2018 On April 28, a private school established by the Rock Church in Zhengzhou, Henan, organized a park trip for students. When the children were dancing to praise the Lord, the park staff interrupted them and threatened to report them to the police.

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05/28/2018 Bitter Winter

Government Demolishes Iron Shack Used for Church Meetings

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 28, 2018 Local authorities forcibly dismantled a 200-square-meter iron shack built for religious meetings by Three-Self church believers in Fuqing, Fujian. At present, over a hundred believers, most of whom are aged, have nowhere to go for their religious meetings.

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05/28/2018 Bitter Winter

Police Raided a House Church, Arresting Seven Christians

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 28, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned that, on May 6, 2018, the police raided a house church meeting place in Xiaoguan, a town in Henan near the city of Gongyi, arresting seven Christians.

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05/27/2018 Bitter Winter

21 Japanese Arrested in China for Preaching

Source: Asahi Shimbun and Direct Reports from China Date: May 27, 2018 Since the newly revised Regulations on Religious Affairs came into effect in February 2018, Chinese authorities have strengthened their suppression of both Chinese and foreign religious groups. On May 18, Bitter Winter reported about China’s special campaign to crack down on South Korean Christian organizations. Bitter […]

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05/27/2018 Bitter Winter

Government Officials Tore Off Religious Posters From Christian House

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 26, 2018 A source told Bitter Winter that, on May 6, 2018, government officials in the county of Mianchi, Henan, broke into a Christian’s house and ravaged religious possessions.

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05/27/2018 Bitter Winter

Young Christian Banned from Celebration in School

Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 27, 2018 Recently, Bitter Winter has received many reports of discrimination against Christian students in public schools.

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