China Buddhist Association Asks the Government to Crack Down on the Zhengjue Fellowship
Theological criticism surrounds the Taiwanese movement, known internationally as the Buddhist True E...Read More
2025-07-14
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China, Religions Told to Strictly Enforce New Rules on Dealing with Foreigners
A conference in Beijing insisted that the regulations that came into force on May 1 should be strict...Read More
2025-07-09
Chinese Christian Media Ordered to Include More Communist Propaganda
China’s only legal church, the Communist Party-controlled Three Self Patriotic Movement (TPSM), has ...Read More
2025-05-10
Religious Activities by Foreigners in China: New Restrictions from May 1
We publish a short comment and a translation of the new and more restrictive Order no. 23 published ...Read More
2025-04-23
Terror Through Photographs: China Publishes Pictures of Church of Almighty God Refugees Abroad
A Chinese website collects and publishes photographs of CAG asylum seekers in democratic countries. ...Read More
2025-03-09
Nearly 500 CAG Christians Arrested in Three Shandong Cities Over Half a Year
According to rough statistics, nearly 500 members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were arrested ...Read More
2024-11-12
Guangdong’s Harsh Persecution of Church of Almighty God Members
Since 2022, raids, arrests, long jail sentences and even one suspicious death in jail have marked an...Read More
2024-10-26
Yunnan, Update on Brother Chang Hao: Sentenced, Liberated, and Detained Again
The popular preacher was baptizing new Christians with famous Pastor John Cao when the police raided...Read More
2024-10-19
A Scandal in Italy: Lists of Church of Almighty God Members Seeking Asylum in Italy Published in China
A site likely connected with Chinese intelligence services publishes lists of refugees who have appl...Read More
2024-10-07
ONGOING CRACKDOWNS: 500+ CAG Christians were Arrested in Guangzhou Alone, One Death Reported
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has intensified its crackdown on Christians from The Church of Alm...Read More
2024-10-04
A Chinese Christian Tortured in Jail Tells His Story
Zhu Chunlin’s testimony explains what “strict control and punishment” and “strengthened learning” me...Read More
2024-09-19
China, “Bitter Winter” Obtains a Secret Document on the Repression of The Church of Almighty God
Based on a 2020 confidential text, courts were asked to interpret law provisions extensively to impo...Read More
2024-07-30
Church of Almighty God: The Economy of Refugees and Ill-Founded Accusations of Human Trafficking
Refugee activities in democratic countries should be understood by considering that they have escape...Read More
2024-07-19
Street Evangelist Chen Wensheng Sentenced Again
He received a comparatively mild sentence (one year and seven months) but the authorities’s strategy...Read More
2024-06-25
Diocese of Baoding, Repression of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Continue
Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappear...Read More
2024-05-31
Four Regional Leaders of The Church of Almighty God Arrested and Sentenced to 10-11 Years
On February 28, 2024, the Haizhu District Court in Guangzhou sentenced twelve Christians from The Ch...Read More
2024-05-26
Torino, Church of Almighty God Refugees in Italy Speak at a Religious Liberty Event
A musical performance and a speech presented a situation that is still extremely difficult and needs...Read More
2024-05-19
Church of Almighty God: Two Stories of Torture in Chinese Jails
“Bitter Winter” publishes exclusive pictures and testimonies about the brutal abuse of female believ...Read More
2024-05-06
Campaign Against “Cults” Launched in Lhasa—But What Is a “Cult” in Tibet?
Tibet was never known as a hotbed of “xie jiao.” They may have achieved some success during the pand...Read More
2024-04-16
Sichuan’s Qiuyu Qingcaodi Church: Elders Wu Jiannan and Hao Ming Sentenced to Jail Terms
After a persecution that started in 2018, the two elders were sentenced to three years in jail with ...Read More
2024-04-15
Death of an Insurance Salesman: Falun Gong Practitioner Tortured to Death in Jiangsu
Only six months after the incident it was confirmed that Xia Zhenglun died in Guanyun County in Sept...Read More
2024-03-02