A total of 300 personnel were dispatched to demolish the shrine in Henan on the eve of China’s grandest festival.
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Authorities Restrict Christian Funerals and Wedding Events
Public officials in China are disrupting events of religious nature, following the implementation of the newly revised Religious Affairs Regulations.
Buddhist Temples Shut Down Despite Being Legal
More temples were recently shut down in Hubei even though they had their permits and documents in order. In Hubei’s Xianning city, Chinese authorities shut down six Buddhist temples in May. They claimed to be following orders from “above” for “clean-up and...
Four Muslim Women From the Same Family Detained in Xinjiang
In what is representative of the current state of affairs in Xinjiang, a Muslim family was torn apart after four of its female members were detained for indefinite periods.
Even Ailing Christians Are Sent to Camps in Xinjiang
In separate incidences, Chinese authorities arrested elderly members of a house church and a pastor and detained them in “transformation through education camps.” On April 19, the police detained three elderly members of a Christian house church in Shawan county of...
Party Slogans Instead of Crosses
Authorities in Jiangxi Province replace religious symbols with Party slogans in “official” churches that belong to the China Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement. At 11 a.m. on July 27, 2018, government officials and local party cadres from Nangang town, in...
How CCP Makes Life Difficult for Muslims in Xinjiang
Newborns and infants too are left to fend for themselves if their parents are taken away to camps. Bitter Winter recently spoke to a university student in Xinjiang’s Kumul city about how CCP’s policies against Muslims have impacted his life. To begin with, Erkin...
Three-Self Churches Shut Down On a Sunday
Believers in Henan were unable to attend Sunday service at Protestant churches because of the shutdowns. In Henan’s Xinzheng city, five churches that belong to the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Movement were targeted for shut down or removal of church...
Authorities Harass “Official” Church for Inviting Out-of-Town Preachers
A government-sanctioned Protestant church in Fujian was persecuted by authorities for inviting preachers from another province to deliver sermons. On September 3, 2017, the Luohua Church, a Protestant church that belongs to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, in...
Six Buddhist Temples Demolished in One Day
Four years ago, authorities mobilized more than 1,000 people to destroy six Buddhist temples in Zhejiang Province. Recently, a witness of the events, a Buddhist herself, told Bitter Winter that four years ago, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) one day destroyed six...