Most mosques in this Xinjiang city had been demolished already, but now the remaining ones are being shut down as well. The residents of China’s western region of Xinjiang where almost half of the population are Muslim Uyghurs, have been going through increasingly...
Ignoring appeals by the Red Cross and several NGOs, Germany has forcibly deported Sister Zhao, a member of The Church of Almighty God, back to China on August 31. She is unaccounted for since. Bitter Winter has reported repeatedly on the case of Sister Zhao Xueliang,...
Two internal documents reveal further plans by the Chinese Communist Party to crack down on South Korean Christianity in China on the grounds of “resisting infiltration.” Bitter Winter received copies of two internal documents from China’s provinces of Heilongjiang...
Many people in Jilin have been rendered homeless after the police took over a building where they lived. Last month, Bitter Winter reported about the demolition of a house church in Songyuan city of Jilin. Next to it was a building known as “Prayer Mountain,” which...
A middle school in Xinjiang’s has been transformed into a camp by the authorities. As the authorities continue to detain hundreds of Muslims in Xinjiang, they have been constrained for places to hold these detainees. And so, as of March 25, the Wuzan Middle School in...
Authorities in Henan continue to close down the government-approved Protestant churches. Recently, four government departments in Henan’s Yongcheng city organized a meeting for the leaders of churches. Representatives from the local Public Security Bureau, the United...
Some hoped that with the new religious law, which was finally signed on August 26, 2017 and came into force on February 1, 2018, there would have been less control on religion. In fact, things went from bad to worse.
A pastor deported years ago was forced to sign a statement saying he wouldn’t return to China for eight years. In 2016, police officials had conducted a raid at a house church in Jilin’s Meihe city. A South Korean pastor, Kim Ju-hwan, and his wife led the church. At...
A church’s administration in Xinjiang was systematically harassed by the authorities over the years. In July 2016, a family church in Xinjiang’s Urumqi city organized an overseas mission for five church personnel. However, the applications of Pastor Wen Jing and Wang...
A South Korean-sponsored Christian house church in Heilongjiang's Hegang city was closed down after a raid by the police. On June 17, 2018, more than 100 police officers broke through three gates guarded by believers to raid the meeting place of a South Korean house...