Returning to a Cultural Revolution practice, China sets up boxes, phone lines, and web sites to report on neighbors, and defines monetary rewards for snitches.
Reporting Boxes and Tip Lines to Stop Religion in Villages
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Difficult Path to Worship Venue for Elderly Christians
To avoid being monitored or arrested, preachers in Jiangxi lead members of their congregation to a distant meeting venue very early in the mornings.
Pastor Wang’s Parents and Son Under Surveillance
Since his arrest in December, the pastor’s mother has been beaten, the whole family is being monitored, and his lawyer was detained.
CCP Continues to Thumb down House Churches
Closed down for “not having a religious activity venue registration certificate,” home-church Christians try to rent spaces, but are still suppressed.
Believers Resist Joining State-Approved Churches (VIDEO)
The Chinese government continues to vilify underground Catholics and house church Protestants, but believers adhere to their faiths in the face of persecution.
Auxiliary Police Investigate Religion in Rural Areas
As Chinese authorities promote a Mao-era policy that pits people against each other, they’re also increasing the militancy in each and every village.
“Henan-Style” Persecution Spreads to Other Provinces
Henan set the example: Campaigns to remove crosses, close down house churches, and repurpose religious buildings documented in dozens of cities across China.
World’s Largest Cliff-Carved Guanyin Statue Demolished (VIDEO)
Hebei authorities used explosives to destroy the “Dripping-Water Guanyin” statue, as the CCP’s intense crackdown on large religious statues continues.
Profiting from Persecution: China’s Forced Labor Prisons
Religious prisoners are put to work making clothes or electronics in brutal conditions: 12-hour workdays, denied of nutritious food and medical care, tortured.
Underground Catholics Survive 20 Years of Outdoor Masses
A site of Marian apparition and papally-approved pilgrimage route was blockaded, yet underground believers persevere through cold and rain.