The New Chinese Measures for Religious Activity Venues Come into Force on September 1: The Full Text

Aug 10, 2023 by

By Hu Zimo, from Anglican Ink. Even worse than the draft version, the Measures will convert places of worship into branches of the CCP propaganda system. “Bitter Winter” offers a full English translation. Last April, “Bitter Winter”...

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The horror of the new Chinese lockdown

Apr 18, 2022 by

by Karen Harradine, TCW: THE chattering classes have been very busy flying the Ukrainian flag in their social media bios but are suspiciously quiet about the horrifying human rights abuses taking place in China. Three weeks ago, on March...

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Chinese Arrests and the Power of Hope in a Resurrected King

Apr 17, 2022 by

by Hope Rawlson, Juicy Ecumenism: Roman Catholic Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Yongjia (Wenzhou), China was arrested by Chinese authorities on April 7, according to reports this week from advocacy groups including International Christian...

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China’s new plan to fill the God-shaped hole

Feb 7, 2022 by

by N S Lyons, UnHerd: The CCP is building ‘civilisation centers’ to create a ‘collective soul’. New structures have been seen sprouting up in towns and cities across China. But these aren’t the usual overproduced...

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The human costs of China’s demographic collapse

Jan 29, 2022 by

By Arielle Del Turco, Christian Post: Last week, China announced that its birth rate hit a record low in 2021 after five years of decline. In 2021, China’s population growth rate was up a measly 0.034 percent, while the number of births...

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Online religious services and activities led by foreigners to be banned in China

Jan 5, 2022 by

from Evangelical Focus: The new law states that Chinese Christians need a state permit to publish religious content, which “should not incite subversion or oppose the communist party leadership”. The Chinese State Administration of...

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