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China accuses Canadian Christian of spying

February 2, 2016 China, Kim Jong Wook, North Korea

A Canadian Christian who ran a coffee shop on China’s border with North Korea has been charged with spying and stealing state secrets, . Kevin Garratt, who has been detained since August 2014, worked for the Canada-based Christian organisation, North Star Aid, and ran a coffee shop in Dandong, which . . . Read More

‘Career ending’ arrest for Chinese lawyers

January 21, 2016 China China, Xi Jinping

China has now formally arrested and charged some of the rights protestors detained during the last six months. The serious charges of subverting state power caught many observers off guard; the maximum penalty is life in prison. For the lawyers, this would “end their careers”, reports . Among those detained . . . Read More

China church raided during opening ceremony

December 23, 2015 China China, Churches, Guiyang, Guizhou, Huoshi Church, Yang Hua

One of the biggest churches in China’s Guizhou province is coming under increasing pressure from the authorities. Huoshi Church in Guiyang, which has around 300 members, was raided by police during the opening ceremony of its new venue in commercial premises, attended by hundreds of guests, including several foreigners. The . . . Read More

Christianity keeps growing in China

December 8, 2015 China China

China will become increasingly Christian in the coming decades, , in Indiana, USA. “By 2030, China is projected to have some 225 million Protestant Christians alone, a figure similar to the entire Christian population today in the United States,” said Fenggang Yang. “It is reasonable to expect the growth will . . . Read More

China accused of ’emasculating’ Christianity

December 2, 2015 China China, Communism, Sinicisation

The Chinese government is attempting to “co-opt and emasculate” Christianity, which many believe has more adherents than the 87-million member Communist party, . “I don’t believe the government will close the Church but I do believe they want to manage it”, one underground pastor said anonymously ahead of a secretive . . . Read More

Christian lawyers call for Chinese colleagues’ release

October 29, 2015 China China, Human rights, Zhang Kai, Zhejiang

Justice Michael F. Saldanha speaking at the Advocates Asia conference in New Delhi on 22 October.World Watch Monitor Advocates Asia, a forum of Christian lawyers in 20 Asian countries, has urged the Chinese government to release “immediately and unconditionally” human rights lawyers and activists detained since early July. The . . . Read More

Report: Christianity contracting in MidEast, Africa

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Christianity is fast disappearing from entire regions, most notably a huge chunk of the Middle East, and could vanish from Iraq within five years, according to a new report by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Released in the UK’s House of Lords on Tuesday, the report, “Persecuted and . . . Read More

Cross removal ‘escalates’ in eastern China

August 13, 2015 China China, Churches, Crosses, Xi Jinping, Zhejiang

Christian groups in China have told the BBC they are increasingly worried that the authorities are targeting them because of their religion, as the past year has seen an “escalated campaign” to remove outdoor crosses from church buildings. The rise in demolitions in the eastern province of Zhejiang, where there . . . Read More

Religion can help China’s economy, says new report

June 3, 2015 China China

In a new study Brian J. Grim says that, while China’s economic success may be under threat from a recent rash of government actions to impose its supremacy over culture – in particular, religion – Chinese Christians may be a special source of economic growth. In The Modern Chinese Secret . . . Read More

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