After university authorities discovered that a student was a member of The Church of Almighty God, he was forced to leave his studies and flee. Li Chao (pseudonym) studied at a university in Henan and was also a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese...
In China, even possessing a book from The Church of Almighty God is sufficient grounds for arrest or persecution; an elderly believer from Shandong knows this well after being apprehended twice. Chen Ye (pseudonym), a 65-years-old member of The Church of Almighty God,...
Police in Shandong Province shut down a family church, following the implementation of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs. In March 2014, Wang Xilan (pseudonym) built a church under the guise of a nursing home in Dezhou city of the Shandong Province. Believers...
In a tactic that is reminiscent of Cultural Revolution, people of Christian faith were publicly humiliated by parading them in streets. During China’s Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s to 1970s, a large number of people who were seen as violators of any kind by...
Xin Shoudao from Henan Province has been left impoverished after paying hefty amounts in fines in the past one year to the Chinese government. Over the years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government has resorted to various methods of torture and persecution of...
Arrested by the police, a member of The Church of Almighty God, managed to escape, forcing authorities to start a manhunt, promising local population financial rewards for tip-offs. Kang Min (pseudonym) is a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian...
The Chinese police practice “soft” torture violence, aiming at destroying person’s spirit by using psychological pressure instead of physical force. Since the beginning of April, the Jiangsu provincial police launched a unified operation aimed at The Church of...
Authorities forcibly took away Islamic-style architectural symbols from the rooftops of residential buildings in the city of Yinchuan. According to informed sources, in late-March 2018, several cranes were driven into the Luhuazhou community of the Xixia district in...
The Catholic Henan Regional Seminary is an essential part of the province’s religious and cultural heritage; authorities recently forcibly demolished the entrance to the seminary. Bitter Winter has recently learned that at 6 a.m. on April 27, 2018, claiming the...
Bitter Winter continues to receive witness accounts about the arrest of more than 700 members of The Church of Almighty God on June 26-28 in Liaoning Province. Bitter Winter reported earlier that the Chinese Communist Party authorities’ massive crackdown on The Church...