A Christian woman was first refused her medication, and later, the police swapped it. That caused her further medical problems. In June, Feng Suqin (pseudonym) was arrested from her home in Shaanxi’s Ankang city for being a member of TheRead More →
Even members of government-approved churches are not speared harassment from authorities and seek refuge in other provinces of China where the crackdown on religion is less intense. As a region with one of the largest population of Christians in EastRead More →
Authorities hired over 100 men to demolish a government-controlled Protestant Tree-Self church in Shenyang city; about eighty of them were dressed in black and had masks over their faces.Read More →
After a sequence of well-planned mischievous manipulations, Henan authorities made members of the Yangzhai True Jesus Church congregation sign a document condemning their church to demolition.Read More →
An appeal to the Chinese President notes that the situation of religious liberty in China is worse than ever.Read More →
A university student from Shanxi’s Yucheng city is currently in detention, and as per reports, will not be released until she gives up her faith. In early September, Han Danni (pseudonym), a 22-year-old university student in Shanxi’s Yucheng city wasRead More →
Authorities are demanding to disclose the religious beliefs of employees and their family members, thus, restricting and endangering their job and social well-being. The persecution of religion in China is not only violating the right to self-expression of believers butRead More →
China’s new draft guidelines on religious activities on the Internet, published last month, will curtail Christians’ freedom even further, writes Hong Kong-based professor Ying Fuk-tsang for UCANRead More →
More than 300 Christian children in two high schools in Zhejiang province, which has been referred to as the “Jerusalem of the East” for its strong Christian presence, have been asked to fill out a form stating that they didRead More →
In Henan, authorities recently expelled several elderly Christians out of the nursing home where they used to live. Now they have nowhere to go. Bitter Winter is receiving scores of reports about local authorities across China coercing Christians into renouncingRead More →
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is pushing ahead with an ever-widening ban on religious activity among government employees, including schoolteachers and medical personnel.Read More →
To obtain licenses from government authorities, preachers have to prove their knowledge of Chinese culture and socialism rather than Christianity. Bitter Witter recently accessed a classified document regarding examinations conducted for preachers in China.
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A public letter urging the Chinese government to stop its “violent actions” against Christians has been signed by some 279 church leaders in the country, reports the St. Charles Institute.
In central Henan province alone, two-thirds of churches have closed and more than 7,000 crosses have been demolished after pressure from authorities.Read More →
“Guilt by association” was widely used by ancient Chinese ruling classes against dangerous criminals; the CCP today is applying this rule to persecute religions. In June 2017, a Christian from Fujian’s Nanping city was forced to flee home to avoidRead More →
A preacher of a house church became the key surveillance target of the Chinese Communist government. The police have installed a surveillance camera outside her home and have arranged for informants to monitor her, making her unable to preach or spread the gospel.Read More →
The prison guards at the Jiujiang city detention center subjected a member of The Church of Almighty God to severe torture and humiliation for days. Xinlian (pseudonym), a member of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religiousRead More →
One of China’s largest unofficial “house churches” was closed on Sunday, while new measures have been introduced to curb religious activities online. Beijing’s Zion Church had received warnings following its refusal to place CCTV cameras in its auditorium at theRead More →
Authorities in central China’s Henan province are ratcheting up pressure on unregistered religious establishments with the intent of shutting down at least two-thirds of Christian churches there. Observers say the aim of the policy from China’s top leader, Xi Jinping,Read More →
Many people in Jilin have been rendered homeless after the police took over a building where they lived. Last month, Bitter Winter reported about the demolition of a house church in Songyuan city of Jilin. Next to it was aRead More →
After the local police forcibly removed their churches’ crosses, believers traveled to Beijing to talk to the central authorities but were sent back and later detained. In May 2015, local public security officers forcibly removed crosses from multiple churches inRead More →
The shutdown of a Shandong church has left over 70 deaf Christians without a place to worship. In May, the Good New Church in Shandong’s Qingdao city received a notice from the Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Religious Affairs and theRead More →
