Christians Get Jail Time for Having, Photocopying Bibles
The Bible is recognized as one of the books with the most significant impact on the world. In China, that impact means a run-in with authorities.
Authorities Against Christians
Government Isolating Elderly From Communities
By tightening surveillance on Christians, old folks in villages are kept from churches, which serve as their fellowship.
Christians Sing Hymns as CCP Removes Cross from Church (VIDEO)
The sound of their singing conveyed the unshakeable will of Chinese Christians to continue following the Lord, despite the CCP’s suppression.
Henan Authorities Continue the Hunt for Religious Materials
Christian calendars, couplets or religious texts are banned and suppliers penalized, as authorities provide to believers counter-propaganda extolling Communism.
Vehicle Positioning Devices to Control People
The Chinese State continues using technology to monitor its citizen: electric vehicles, like scooters or motorcycles, are only sold with such devices installed.
Believers Resist Joining State-Approved Churches (VIDEO)
The Chinese government continues to vilify underground Catholics and house church Protestants, but believers adhere to their faiths in the face of persecution.
Profiting From Persecution: China’s Forced Labor Prisons
Religious prisoners are put to work making clothes or electronics in brutal conditions: 12-hour workdays, denied of nutritious food and medical care, tortured.
Underground Catholics Survive 20 Years of Outdoor Masses
A site of Marian apparition and papally-approved pilgrimage route was blockaded, yet underground believers persevere through cold and rain.
Religious Persecution at Universities Rises
In China, universities are regarded as a bastion for promoting socialism through education. As a result, the suppression of religious students is never-ending.
No Christian Couplets for Spring Festival
Henan authorities are forcibly taking down religious symbols in individuals’ homes and forcing them to advertise CCP ideology.
