Beginning on May 29, a large police operation targets a group labeled as xie jiao for political reasons. On May 29, starting at 9 a.m., Chinese authorities launched a major operation in multiple cities, including Beijing, Qingdao, and Dalian, asRead More →
Pastor Li Jie, Elder Han Xiaodong, and Elder Wan Qiang were sentenced to jail penalties for “fraud.” In 2022, “Bitter Winter” reported that a police raid on a parent-children camp of Linfen Covenant Home Church in August led to theRead More →
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 →
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 →
His stubborn refusal to join the CCP-controlled Three Self Church led to years of persecution. At the beginning of May, the Bethel Church in Zhangjiajie, Cili County, Hunan, reported that its pastor, Zhao Huaiguo, and his wife are under continuousRead More →
A mammoth document both praises the CCP’s work in the security field and calls for a more severe repression of groups identified as national security threats. The State Council Information Office released the white paper “China’s National Security in theRead More →
The CCP’s top ideologist discusses Xi Jinping’s “unique scientific understanding” of religion and how it should be used to support the Party’s domestic and global aims. When Wang Huning speaks, it is always a good idea to listen. Wang isRead More →
The 2023–27 Five-Year Plan for Sinicizing Chinese Buddhism is reaching the end of its first two-and-a-half-year period. An event in Beijing discussed its results so far. We are in the middle of the Five-Year Plan for the Sinicization of BuddhismRead More →
4/17/2025 China (International Christian Concern) — Nine Chinese Christians have received prison sentences and large fines for re-selling and distributing Bibles in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. International Christian Concern (ICC) has followed this case for several years now. On April 10,Read More →
