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Facial Recognition Checks to Enter a Church

Facial Recognition Checks to Enter a Church

Anyone who wants to attend a service in a government-controlled Three-Self church in Xinjiang’s Urumqi city must not only present their identification card but also have their identity checked by a facial recognition system.

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Church Converted Into Factory

Church Converted Into Factory

Authorities forcibly removed the cross from a government-controlled Three-Self church in Henan Province, closed it down, and repurposed it for an electronics factory.

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Xinjiang Residents Told to Worship Xi Jinping

Xinjiang Residents Told to Worship Xi Jinping

The Chinese authorities are forcing people to worship their leader and the Party instead of God. A woman from an Uyghur household in Xinjiang’s Kashgar city told Bitter Winter recently that the authorities had told countless families like hers to put up a portrait of...

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