More than 100 believers were summoned by law enforcement and investigated, numerous foreign missionaries arrested and deported from China.
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CCP Intensifies Pressure on Catholic Conscientious Objectors
The auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Mindong, Guo Xijin, strong-armed again to join the Patriotic Church; rebellious places of worship shut down.
Xinjiang Children Sent to Inland Schools for “Sinicization”
“To control Xinjiang youth means to control the region’s future” seems to be the slogan behind the CCP’s campaign to educate Muslim children in the Han environment.
“Smart Communities” Turn People’s Homes into Prisons
Residents are deprived of privacy and freedom, as the state watches their every move using big data, facial recognition, and invasive surveillance.
Church Demolished, Believers Falsely Accused and Arrested
After members of a True Jesus Church in Henan refused to have their place of worship repurposed by the state, about 1,000 government personnel came to destroy it.
Sola Fide Venues Suppressed for Not Joining Official Church
Members of these conservative Protestant house churches face increasing persecution, as their meeting venues across China are raided by the police and shut down.
Obedient “Red Successors” Cultivated from Young Age
Since the first day of the new semester, the CCP has been intensifying patriotic education and anti-religious propaganda in primary and secondary schools.
True Jesus Church: A Chinese Pentecostal Movement
Founded in 1917, and severely persecuted in the 1950s, this movement whose story is told in a new scholarly book by Melissa Inouye, accepted to join the Three-Self Church—but is now at risk again.
Mandatory DNA Collection Imposed to Expand National Database
Forced collection of biometric data intensifies all over China, aimed at even broader surveillance of residents. Ethnic minorities and believers are prime targets.
Three-Self Church Clergy Dismissed for Being “Anti-Party”
Preachers of state-approved churches pressured to replace God with communist ideology. Those who disobey are accused of disloyalty to the regime and are fired.