By MICHAEL FORSYTHEMAY 8, 2015
HONG KONG — Cities in Zhejiang, one of China’s most prosperous provinces, are studded with Christian churches, Protestant and Catholic alike. Until recently, many of them had been topped by large crosses soaring into the sky, often illuminated with neon lights at night.
Under a new draft regulation made public this week by the Continue reading
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The Wuxi Christian Church in China’s Zhejiang Province. The authorities have issued demolition notices to more than 100 churches in the area.
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JULY 28, 2014
BEIJING — In another sign of the authorities’ efforts Continue reading
China Removes Crosses From Two More Churches in Crackdown已关闭评论
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2014-07-08
Christian pastor Zhang Shaojie in detention in February 2014.
Photo courtesy of lawyer Liu Weiguo.
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have handed a 12-year Continue reading
Chinese Christian Pastor’s 12-Year Prison Term ‘A Miscarriage of Justice’已关闭评论
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2014-06-24
Officials check vehicles leading to the town of Oubei, outside the city of Wenzhou on April 30, 2014, where Chinese authorities began demolishing a Christian church two days earlier.
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Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang Continue reading
Crosses in China’s Wenzhou City Fall Amid Widening Crackdown on Churches已关闭评论
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More Zhejiang demolitions; overseas Christian books banned from Amazon-like site
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The article discusses the ongoing church demolition in Zhejiang province, China, and the government’s action in limiting the online selling of overseas Christian books. Last month, the government also stopped the Amity Foundation, the largest printer for Bibles.
05/15/2014 China (ChinaAid)- Two more churches were demolished in China’s coastal Zhejiang province last week in a continuation of the province’s campaign to demolish “illegal structures,” and persecution has spread to the web.
Less than two weeks after Sanjiang Church, a large Protestant church, was demolished in Yongjia County, Wenzhou, and less than one week after numerous other demolitions in Zhejiang, authorities tore down Shangwan Church and Hebin Churcn in Longwan District, Wenzhou (see http://www.chinaaid.org/2014/04/zhejiang-christians-fear-sanjiang.html and http://www.chinaaid.org/2014/05/more-zhejiang-churches-report-threats.html).
On May 8, authorities arrived at Hebin Church and claimed the church building was an “illegal structure.” Believers said that construction workers completely razed and cleared the site in just two hours. Then, Shangwan Church, which was built in 1868, was demolished on May 9 in drizzling rain.
Chinese Government Limits Online Selling of Christian Books已关闭评论
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