The police believed they had eradicated the Qigong movement led by Zhang Weixiang, who died in 2006. But the “Datong Base Faction” continued to flourish.
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Beijing Zion Church: Sunday Service Raided Again, Young Devotee Detained
What was once Beijing’s largest house church, banned in 2018, refuses to disappear, as police repression intensifies.
China, “Strict Governance of Religion” Imposed on Christians
A new slogan calls for a closer supervision of preachers and sermons by both Three Self bureaucrats and the United Front.
Red Backpack: Taoist Clergy’s Mandatory Pilgrimage to a Maoist Shrine
On June 21, China Taoist Association imparted some “red education” to Taoist clergy and staff by taking them to honor a Communist Party folk hero.
Seminar Clarifies “Sinicizing” Religion Means Preaching Obedience to Xi Jinping
A “historic” high-level gathering in Beijing tells religions that they should put the “Two Establishes” and “Two Safeguards” at the center of their sermons and activities.
Court of Rome: Church of Almighty God Members Deserve the “Highest Form of Protection” as Refugees
The judges concluded that “Bitter Winter” and the late PierLuigi Zoccatelli are credible sources on the CAG, Chinese propaganda is not.
How “Two-Stringed Lute” Became “Red Flag”: China Changed Names of Hundreds of Uyghur Villages
A new report documents a subtle tool of cultural genocide: erasing the village names referring to Uyghur culture and religion.
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again
He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy is to keep arresting him (he was arrested more than 100 times).
Guiyang Renai Church’s Elder Zhang Chunlei in Serious Health Conditions in Jail
He has been detained for more than three years without being sentenced. He suffers from liver cirrhosis and should be released immediately.
Chengdu Early Rain Church Member Detained for Commemorating Tiananmen
Fu Lijun cautiously posted only music and a prayer on June 4. It was enough to go to jail.