Category Archives: Religious Freedom

Rural ‘Eco-Museum’ in China Preserves a Song Tradition, and a People’s Culture

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June 20th, 2014 by Ken Smith 

The rural Chinese village of Dimen, above, in southwest China’s Guizhou province, is home to the Dong minority — and the recently founded Dimen Dong Eco-Museum. Continue reading →

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What Kind of a Place Is Zhaoyuan? A slice of China.

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By Shun Ni, published: June 20, 2014

 

Zhaoyuan is my hometown. The Baidu Encyclopedia tells us that Zhaoyuan (招远) is one of the top one hundred counties in China. It was established as Zhaoyuan County in the year 1131. As of the end of 2013, Continue reading →

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MURONG XUECUN: China’s Clampdown on ‘Evil Cults’

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JUNE 17, 2014

By MURONG XUECUN

On June 1, my friend Pastor Wang Yi of the Early Rain Reformed Church in Chengdu was arrested while distributing anti-forced-abortion leaflets. The stated grounds for detaining him were “illegal advertising.” Continue reading →

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