Local authorities decided to stop the building of a church after they sold the land to the congregation and issued all necessary permits. The construction of a church building that belongs to China’s state-sanctioned Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement was...
Authorities destroy a newly-built center for members of a government-controlled Three-Self church in Guangdong Province. A believer from mainland China wrote to Bitter Winter about the destruction of a five-story center for believers built by a government-controlled...
An imam from Henan Province was lured to come to a police station and has been detained for over eight months. Wang Haoyi (pseudonym), an imam from Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo city in Henan Province was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government for explaining...
A couple who belonged to a house church in Xiaogan city, Hubei Province was monitored for a long time before their arrest. On May 10, 2018, the home of Chen Jie (pseudonym) and her husband, both members of a house church in Xiaogan City in Hubei Province, was forcibly...
On July 25, 2014, over 10,000 people took part in the demolition of the cross from the Wenling Church in Zhejiang Province. A distinctive clock tower stands on the Chengguan Church in Wenling, Taizhou city, Zhejiang, on which once towered a bright red cross. Today,...
Authorities closed down a Mosque in Ergong village in the city of Shihezi, Xinjiang, and sent local Muslims to a “transformation through education” camp in late April. A local villager said that on April 20, 2018, the Shihezi police and auxiliary police surrounded the...
A house church leader from Anhui Province sentenced to 18 months after the police apprehend him while on the run to evade arrest. The name of a house church leader, Wang Hui (pseudonym), from Bozhou city, Anhui Province, was put on the list of wanted persons after the...
Inside sources revealed that authorities organized an operation in March to arrest Christians in the city of Suzhou in Anhui Province. According to government insiders, on March 23, 2018, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a campaign against Christian house...
A video shows congregants praying on the site of a demolished government-controlled Three-Self church in Henan. In the afternoon of June 11, 2018, authorities completely demolished a government-controlled Three-Self church in Shuangmiao village, Taohe township,...
Bitter Winter interviews reveal cases of arrests and punishments for even minor associations with religions. Schools in Xinjiang are strictly forbidden from celebrating religious festivals, studying the Quran, and participating in any religious activities. Violators...