Chinese authorities released Pastor Zhang Shaojie, a 59-year-old Christian, from prison on Nov. 16, after the man completed a 12-year prison sentence. The pastor conveyed great joy over his release after regaining his freedom. “Coming out of prison during thisRead More →
On the evening of November 19, 2025, the Parish Church of Steyr (Stadtpfarrkirche Steyr) and several prominent public buildings across the city were illuminated in red. Christians from various countries and regions gathered in front of the Steyr Town HallRead More →
The Three-Self Church is not a real church but a political propaganda agency. Leaving it, however, exposes one to the risk of being arrested. As an ordinary Christian, recalling my journey from ignorance to awakening, from worship to disillusionment withinRead More →
The goddes Mazu, the divinized general Guan Yu, and other deities are mobilized by CCP propaganda to promote the reunification narrative. In the theater of geopolitics, China has found an unlikely star: the sea goddess Mazu. While the Chinese CommunistRead More →
A Chinese Christian explains why she felt morally and spiritually compelled to leave the government-controlled Protestant organization. As an ordinary Christian, I once believed the Three-Self Church to be a sanctuary for believers in mainland China. There, I experienced baptism,Read More →
Pastor Lian Changnian, his son Pastor Lian Xuliang, and Preacher Fu Juan were detained on November 2, 2025. In a startling development, three Christian leaders from the Xi’an Church of Abundance—Pastor Lian Changnian, his son Pastor Lian Xuliang, and PreacherRead More →
Li Guiwen’s arrest confirms that the present crackdown on independent churches has a a particularly harsh impact on those serving ethnic minority believers. Li Guiwen, a Lisu Christian from Yuanmou County within the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province,Read More →
Meeting for the first time in six years this week in Busan, South Korea, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping conducted a closely watched meeting on a wide range of topics such as trade, tariffs, rare earths, andRead More →
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its detention of Christian pastors across China. On Oct. 10, Chinese authorities detained Pastor Mingri Jin and 30 otherRead More →
According to a Sept. 30 report from ChinaAid, a mobile app used by a Chinese vocational school requires students to declare they’re atheists. The app, used by Tianjin Vocational College of Mechanics and Electricity in China, instructs students to checkRead More →
The massive operation is one of the largest against house churches in recent years. Since October 9, nearly 30 pastors and co-workers affiliated with the Beijing Zion Church, whose persecution “Bitter Winter” had reported previously, have been detained or haveRead More →
On Sept. 15, China added new regulations to control the spread of religious content online. The State Administration for Religious Affairs published the “Code of Conduct for Religious Clergy on the Internet,” an 18-article list of regulations that prohibits theRead More →
Regulations published on September 15 significantly restrict religious content online. “Bitter Winter” provides a complete English translation of the rules. By now, it’s no surprise that China’s religious policy is less “freedom of belief” and more “freedom to believe whatRead More →
China (International Christian Concern) — After enduring years of persecution, Pastor Zhao Huaiguo, founder of Bethel Church in Cili County, Hunan, China, has died, leaving behind a legacy of faith and resilience. In 2007, Pastor Zhao relocated to Hunan toRead More →
On September 5, the Intermediate Court ruled that selling legally published Bibles is a crime if you are part of a house church. On September 11, 2025, the Hohhot Intermediate People’s Court in Inner Mongolia upheld the original verdicts againstRead More →
Bethel Church’s founder succumbed to years of police harassment and psychological torment. A rare blurred image of Pastor Zhao and CCP officers inspecting the Cili County Detention Center where he was detained. From Weibo. On September 5, 2025, Pastor ZhaoRead More →
When it finally succeeds in bringing refugees back to Chinese territory, the CCP arrests, sentences, and tortures them. Article 5 of 5. Read article 1, article 2, article 3, and article 4. The CCP persistently interferes and pressures to extraditeRead More →
Kidnapping refugees is an extreme step, but the CCP effectively harasses them through digital suppression and the mobilization of anti-cultists. Article 4 of 5. Read article 1, article 2, and article 3. [Tentacle 4] Abductions Fleeing religious persecution, CAG memberRead More →
The third of seven methods used by the CCP to harass CAG asylum seekers: compelling their relatives in China to go abroad and call for the refugees’ return. Article 3 of 5. Read article 1 and article 2. Since 2016,Read More →
Another of the seven methods used by the Chinese Communist Party to harass CAG members abroad is systematic surveillance. Article 2 of 5. Read article 1. The CCP government has systematically surveilled overseas CAG communities and gathered personal data onRead More →
A report on the seven methods used by the Chinese Communist Party to harass members of the persecuted Christian new religious movement abroad. Article 1 of 5. In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted a systematic approachRead More →
