Regulation on Religious Affairs

09/26/2018 Lin Yijiang

Demolition of a Shrine Captured on Video

Authorities in Jiangxi Province mobilized over 200 people to destroy an ancestral shrine, wounding a dozen of protesting villagers in the process.

09/25/2018 Jiang Tao

Companies Forbidden to Use Names With Religious Connotations

Authorities in Henan Province are entirely banning names with any religious words, forcing businesses to change them.

09/25/2018 Lin Yijiang

Christian Website Shut Down, Its Administrators Arrested

Authorities in Zhejiang shut down a Christian website in 2016 and harassed nine believers who used to run the site.

09/17/2018 Bitter Winter

Enough is Enough, Say Chinese House Churches

Hundreds of Chinese pastors have signed a declaration stating that the new Regulation of Religious Affairs amounts to persecution of Christianity, and wowing to resist.

09/14/2018 Massimo Introvigne

Brand New Draft Regulation: More Restriction on Religions in China

A new regulation confines mention of religion on any Internet platform to a few government-controlled organizations that will receive a special license for very limited Web activity.

09/06/2018 Massimo Introvigne

The New Religious Affairs Regulation Came into Force in 2018: What Exactly Happened?

Some hoped that with the new religious law, which was finally signed on August 26, 2017 and came into force on February 1, 2018, there would have been less control on religion. In fact, things went from bad to worse.