by Jenna Lyle
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008, 8:31 (BST)
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Officials at Kunming International Airport in China seized suitcases full of Bibles being carried into the country by four American Christians on Sunday.
Pat Klein, Steve Nichols, Forrest Higginbotham and his 15-year-old grandson Stephen Constantinou were carrying around 300 Bibles when they were stopped after […]
China Releases Christian Missionaries; Others Remain Detained
Source: www.bosnewslife.com
Date: August 11, 2008
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)– China has released two of four Christian missionaries detained in its Inner Mongolia for their Christian activities, but there remains concern about […]
Source: www.assistnews.net
Date: 2008-08-10
House Church Pastor Hua Huiqi Arrested and Escapes from Police Custody as President Bush Visits Officially-Staged Church Service By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
BEIJING, CHINA (ANS) — As President Bush today (Sunday) visited and attended a service at the Three Self Patriotic Movement’s (TSPM)Kuanjie Church established by the […]
Chinese PSB officials raid church members’ homes
Source: www.assistnews.net
Date: 2008-07-21
By Michael IrelandChief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
SHANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (ANS) — Public Security Bureau officials, along with an “anti-cult group,” on July 14, 2008 in Jining City, Shandong, investigated Lu Xiaoai, a member of pastor Zhang Zhongxin’s church. Pastor Zhang was sentenced […]
Olympic crackdown continues on Christians in China
Source: www.MNNonline.org
Date: July 7, 2008
A month from tomorrow, the Olympic Games begin in Beijing. With all the attention focused on the country’s human rights record, the harsh persecution of Christians has also drawn the spotlight.
The United States Commission on International […]
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TimeTuesday, Jun. 10, 2008By Simon Elegant/Beijing
Until the devastating May 12 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, the attention of most China watchers had been focused on a completely different part of the country: Tibet. After bloody anti-Chinese protests in mid-March were suppressed by the Chinese military, Beijing closed the Himalayan region […]
China Crackdown Hits House Churches Hard
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Article LinkHouse churches across China have been hit by a wave of arrests and detentions, says China Aid Association, the leading support group for China’s persecuted Christians.
Mon, Jun. 02, 2008 Posted: 15:41:39 PM EST
House churches across China have been hit by a wave of arrests […]
by Zhang YimingPriests forced to “take a trip”, to prevent them from going to the shrine of the Virgin of Sheshan; priests prohibited from praying “with the pope”; a shrine in Taiyuan closed and monitored by thousands of police. The war of the Patriotic Association a few months ahead of the Olympics.
Beijing (AsiaNews) […]
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