Since last year, Taoism, long considered as China’s traditional religion, suffered the most severe crackdown since the Cultural Revolution.
Testimonies China
Temples Ordered to Conceal Hundreds of Outdoor Buddhist Statues
Don’t expect to see statues of deities in some temples of eastern provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang: CCP directed to cover them up “to block the spread of religion.”
Primary Schools Indoctrinate Children to Hate Religion
As part of their curricula, the young are taught at schools that believing in God is abnormal; teachers encourage them to report on their religious relatives.
CCP Intensifies Attacks on Charitable Religious Organizations
People in need are left to fend for themselves, as orphanages, drug addiction centers, and homeless shelters are suppressed just because the services are provided by the religious.
No Church Can Be More Beautiful Than State Buildings
Three government-approved Protestant churches have been destroyed in Shandong’s Linyi city for various made up reasons.
Chess and Cards Instead of Faith: More Christian Churches Repurposed
The CCP continues taking over places of worship, threatening congregations to demolish buildings if they refuse. Testimonies from Jiangxi, Liaoning, and Shaanxi.
Over 100 Believers Pressured to Agree to Church Demolition
When members of the congregation refused, authorities in Shaanxi still destroyed a state-approved Protestant church, under a trumped-up pretext.
Detained Uyghur Mother Instructs Her Kids: Praise the Communist Party to Avoid Camps
A young woman shares her family’s tragedy: her parents were sent to internment camps in Xinjiang, and three siblings are left to fend for themselves.
Being Christian in Xinjiang: Suppressed and Persecuted
House church believers from Shandong share their experience of a perilous trip to the Uyghur region to check on how fellow religionists practice their faith.
Three-Self Clergy Beaten and Arrested for Disagreeing with the State
Preachers and pastors from state-approved Three-Self Church continue to suffer violent abuse for any divergence from the CCP’s plan to suppress people of faith.