Even government-controlled Three-Self churches are not safe from the demolition campaign: the Baofeng church in Jiangxi was falsely declared unsafe and demolished. Since President Xi Jinping took office, many churches have been demolished, or their crosses have been...
At least 32 members of The Church of Almighty God have been arrested and tortured around Xuzhou, Jiangsu, where the police are trying to capture local leaders of the movement. Bitter Winter has learned that the police in Jiangsu Province joined a recent nation-wide...
A massive campaign against Islam continues in Xinjiang. Mosques built with years of efforts by local Muslims demolished, both imams and protesters arrested. From February to May 2018, several imams in the town of Hongxing, Wusu city, were arrested, and many mosques...
Repeatedly arrested and tortured, a 71-year-old house church leader is still harassed by the police. Liu Yunjin (pseudonym) is the leader of a house church in Daye city, Hubei. She has been arrested by the police three times in the past, tortured, and is currently...
On June 1, 2018, the police raided a meeting place of The Church of Almighty God in the Yongchuan district of the city of Chongqing, arresting four believers. Three elderly members of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, Tang Yong...
A very popular bishop of the underground Catholic Church died in 2016. Doubts now arise on the real causes of his death. Bishop (Thomas) Zeng Jingmu was part of the underground Catholic Church, which is loyal to the Vatican and, unlike the so-called Patriotic Catholic...
A 65-year-old member of The Church of Almighty God persecuted by authorities forced to flee, her family strictly surveilled by the police. Tian Jin (pseudonym), is a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, from the city of...
On the run for over ten years, preacher Shi Yuliang from Zhejiang Province is unable to come home, and his family is constantly harassed by the police. The 49-year-old preacher, Shi Yuliang (pseudonym), from Ningbo, Zhejiang, was arrested in the city of Guangzhou in...
Local government and law enforcement have raided many religious venues and arrested believers in the city's Dahua and Donglan counties in previous months. On June 6, 2018, six officials, including court employees and police officers from the Public Security Bureau of...
Lu Xi (pseudonym), a thirty-one-year-old member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement, from the Changping district of Beijing, traveled to Canada and then to the USA at the beginning of May 2018. In Canada, Lu Xi used her cell...