China

China is in the midst of an “ambitious new effort” to lesson or even eradicate the influence of Christianity and religion from the country, according to an investigation by the Associated Press.

A persecution watchdog group is petitioning the White House to secure the release of a North Carolina pastor imprisoned in China.

Officials spared nothing, destroying the altars, benches and furnishings. It took only 15 minutes.

Zion Church targeted as government cracks down on house churches.

A newly implemented directive from the Chinese government forces Protestant ‘house churches’ and Catholic ‘underground’ communities to seek ‘guidance’ from recognised religious organisations.

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on June 4 at 3:30 pm, local authorities raided Autumn Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan, China to summon pastor Wang Yi and preacher Li Yingqiang ahead of their scheduled prayer vigil for the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

So just as America’s fertility rate is tanking, China is waking up to the damage of its one-child policy.

China is planning to reverse a policy that restricts the number of children people can have.

The US State Department has criticized the Chinese government for reportedly shutting down a Christian church service held in memory of the nearly 70,000 people who died in a 2008 earthquake.

China presented an official ‘white paper’ on religion on Wednesday, 4 April, guaranteeing “protection” for religious freedom, just four days after banning the online sale of Bibles.