Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappeared.”
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Children Protest “Genocide Tourism” to Tibet
When trains with tourists pass, the traditional stone-throwing ropes called “urduo” are used to express disapproval of the staged tours.
Suizhou, Hubei: Massive Protests Against Cemetery Reform
Mandatory cremation and purchase of cemetery spaces for the ashes are denounced as both a scam enriching greedy bureaucrats and an attack against ancestor worship.
Shenzhen, 4,000 Villagers Confront the Police After Destruction of an Ancestral Hall
The 300-year old monument in Futian District has been demolished due to a combination of official disregard for spiritual traditions and land speculation.
Hefei’s Ganquan Church: Wives Call for Release of Pastor Zhou, Elder Ding
The two Christian leaders falsely accused of fraud suffer of diseases that cannot be treated in jail, families say.
Hohhot Christians’ Trial: Ban Yanchao Gets 5 Years for Distributing Bibles
Co-defendant evangelist Wang Honglan has not been sentenced yet but remains in custody.
Hui Muslims Mobilized to Chase “Spies”
Around April 15, National Security Education Day, mosques were converted into indoctrination centers where the new “Law on Guarding State Secrets” was promoted.
Massive Chinese Cyber Espionage of Tibetan Diaspora Revealed
Documents leaked from private company i-Soon reveal constant attacks against emails and mobile phones of exiles from Tibet, including the Dalai Lama
Horror Continues in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison
A Falun Gong practitioner denounces brutal torture in the jail where two of her co-religionists were persecuted to death this year.
Once Popular, Deng Haipeng’s “Soul Shaping” Is Liquidated as a Xie Jiao
The leader of a self-help group turned new religious movement was sentenced to seventeen years and six months in jail and his organization was banned.