As of June 7, 2025, according to information obtained, Pastor Lian Changnian of Xi’an Church of Abundance, along with Pastor Lian Xuliang and preacher Fu Juan, had been detained since August 17, 2022, on charges of “fraud.” After approximately twoRead More →
On June 20, 2025, according to information obtained, several members of the Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen City, Shanxi Province, were heavily sentenced on fraud charges. Among them, Brother Li Shuangping received a prison sentence of nine years and twoRead More →
The heads of Yena Monastery get 3-4 years in prison for opposing China’s planned hydropower project. Authorities have sentenced two senior Tibetan monastic leaders to three- and four-year prison terms for their roles in rare 2024 public protests against aRead More →
Thirteen Christians in Jiangmen and Foshan, Guangdong Province, were sentenced by CCP’s people’s courts to prison terms ranging from two years and three months to four years and six months, solely for engaging in normal religious activities such as hostingRead More →
Pastor Gao Quanfu, who is among those detained, is a key leader in the house church movement in Shaanxi. On the evening of May 16, 2025, a significant crackdown on religious freedom took place in Xi’an, Shaanxi, as local authoritiesRead More →
A 77-year-old Christian in Guangxi was taken away from home. Just over half an hour after arriving at the police station, he suffered a heart attack. Despite his repeated pleas for help, the police ignored him, causing him to missRead More →
In 2024, at least 1,088 Christians from The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were detained in Zhejiang Province, including 28 individuals in their 80s, with the oldest being 94 years old. Police forced all detained CAG Christians to sign theRead More →
He was accused of “fraud,” a charge now liberally used against Christian leaders who refuse to join the government-controlled Three Self Church. by Wang Zhipeng In 2023, “Bitter Winter” reported on the arrest and prosecution of Pastor Wan Changchun ofRead More →
Yashar Shohret, a former ‘White Paper’ protester, has been missing since his 2023 arrest. A young Uyghur rapper and singer-songwriter not seen since his arrest 20 months ago is imprisoned in China, serving a three-year sentence for composing lyrics thatRead More →
A Chinese website collects and publishes photographs of CAG asylum seekers in democratic countries. China will easily identify them with facial recognition software. by Massimo Introvigne Some months ago, “Bitter Winter” exposed the scandal of the Chinese website Da AiRead More →
Arrest, torture, extra-judicial killings in China and harassment abroad continue to target devotees of the church. Their asylum request in democratic countries should be granted. by Bitter Winter Information laboriously obtained and verified by the specialized daily magazine “Bitter Winter”Read More →
On February 28, 2025, 21 experts and scholars in religious human rights issued an appeal 1 urging the international community to pay attention to the large-scale persecution of members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG). The appeal highlights thatRead More →
Yu Xiaomei, a native of Yantai, Shandong Province, born in 1980, was a Christian from The Church of Almighty God. Her neighbors all knew her as a filial daughter-in-law who cared devotedly for her parents-in-law, looked after her children, andRead More →
Zhu Chunlin’s testimony explains what “strict control and punishment” and “strengthened learning” mean in Chinese prisons: torture. by Qi Junzao Zhu Chunlin is a Christian from Shenzhen, who was sentenced for “illegal fundraising.” He bravely denounced what happened to himRead More →
On February 28, 2024, the Haizhu District Court in Guangzhou sentenced twelve Christians from The Church of Almighty God. Among them, four district-level leaders were given heavy prison sentences, with terms ranging from 10 to 11 years. Mo Hanmei (alias:Read More →
“Bitter Winter” publishes exclusive pictures and testimonies about the brutal abuse of female believers of the persecuted Christian new religious movement. by Jiang Tao In January 2024, a 38-year-old Christian we would call Xue Qing (not her real name) wasRead More →
Only six months after the incident it was confirmed that Xia Zhenglun died in Guanyun County in September 2023. by Yang Feng Sometimes, in present-day China, it takes months to confirm an information. This was the case with the sadRead More →
Chinese police have arrested more than 1,000 and beaten some during interrogation, sources say. By Tenzin Pema and Kalden Lodoe for RFA Tibetan An American official expressed deep concern about the arrest of over 1,000 Tibetans protesting a dam projectRead More →
On December 26 and 27, 2023, the People’s Court of Liwan District in Guangzhou held hearings over two days and collectively sentenced twenty Christians from The Church of Almighty God. The charges were for “using a cult organization to undermineRead More →
4089 Cases of Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of CAG Christians by CCP (Updated on FEB. 10 2024) Read More →
by Shen Xiang On January 27, 2024, the Chinese police raided a gathering place of Christian believers in Xiaotuan village of Xinglong Town, Dongan District, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province. The believers are part of the Sola Fide or “Justification byRead More →
