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Read the Severe Persecution of Christians in China.
The label xie jiao, reserved for banned “heterodox teachings,” is now increasingly applied to “normal” house churches.
Local authorities raid and close places of worship using various pretexts, from poverty alleviation to epidemic prevention.
Both Three-Self and house church venues have been demolished under various pretexts in Shaanxi, Anhui, and other provinces. Exclusive videos and pictures from Bitter Winter.
Unregistered Protestant venues are monitored by plainclothes police officers and residential communities’ managers before their churches are raided and closed.
Authorities intimidate property owners and hotel managers who allow unregistered religious groups to hold religious gatherings.
Numerous venues were shut down, believers arrested and dispersed in August across Henan, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces.
The CCP eradicates unregistered Protestant venues, harassing and arresting believers, imposing hefty fines on them.
House churches and state-controlled Three-Self churches across China are raided and closed down. Believers are questioned, and their homes are searched.
The government continues to crack down on unregistered Protestant venues across China, threatening and arresting believers.
To intimidate unregistered churches in Zhejiang Province, local officials order to remove crosses and other religious symbols, close down the venues.
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