Local governments across China urge to create “model” towns or villages without residents who are members of religious groups labeled “heterodox teachings.”
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State-Run Institutions Investigate Employees’ Religious Status
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Mass arrest operations were planned across China before the coronavirus outbreak. If it were not for the pandemic, even more people could have been detained.
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