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Church of the Rock: Wife of Detained Pastor Speaks Out
Hao Ying claims that the authorities refuse to schedule an appeal trial for her husband, Pastor Geng Zejun.
The 20th Congress of the CCP: Did Anything Happen?
What was really new was not what most media reported. Xi mentioned “security” and “Marxism” more often than economy, and promised to make the rich less rich.
Tibetans Detained and Submitted to “Cyber Security Reeducation”
A new form of mandatory intensive indoctrination for those who share non-official information on the COVID-19 lockdown.
Tibetan Monks Forced to Watch the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
They should wave a Chinese flag and show their enthusiasm—or else.
Shaanxi: Persecution of the Church of Abundance Continues
Pastor Lian Changnian, Brother Lian Xuliang, and Sister Fu Juan remain under detention after two months. Church members have been beaten.
Harbin: Christian Music School Teachers Awaits Trial
Pastor Xu Feng remains in jail. He is accused of teaching religion to minors, although he claims he taught only music.
China’s “Rural Anti-Cult Poverty Alleviation”: Why It Does Not Work
The CCP’s mammoth plan to eradicate banned religious organizations from rural areas is based on false Marxist premises and an outmoded sociology.
Our Hero, the Lone Protester: Will He End Up in a Psychiatric Hospital?
A brave citizen fooled the police and managed to hang protest banners on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge on the eve of the 20th Congress. Will he share the fate of the “Ink Girl” —or her father?
Religion at the Chinese Communist Party Congress: Christians Told They Should Become “More Marxist”
A Three-Self Church report to the 20th Congress explains that the new concept of “Sinicization” of Christianity means accepting the “Marxist view of religion.”