Rice Against Riot Shields: Places of Worship Bulldozed in Southern China
A folk temple in Hainan and a Yao ethnic clan hall in Guangxi were destroyed. This time, a protest e...Read More
2025-11-25
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Why Uyghurs Commemorated the East Turkestan Republic Day
A testimony by Amsterdam’s “lonely Uyghur” protester about the relevance and beauty of November 16. ...Read More
2025-11-14
Three Pastors of Xi’an Church of Abundance Re-Arrested Amid Ongoing Legal Uncertainty
Pastor Lian Changnian, his son Pastor Lian Xuliang, and Preacher Fu Juan were detained on November 2...Read More
2025-11-06
USCIRF Condemns Detention of Church Leaders in China
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns in the strongest p...Read More
2025-10-18
Chinese College Reportedly Forces Students to Identify as Atheists
According to a Sept. 30 report from ChinaAid, a mobile app used by a Chinese vocational school requi...Read More
2025-10-15
China’s Draft Law on Ethnic Unity Threatens Minorities—and Religions Too
Religious organizations are explicitly included among the agencies that should mandatorily spread th...Read More
2025-10-08
No National Day, Only National Mourning: Dutch Groups Protest Against CCP Tyranny
On September 28, 2025, at 2:00 PM local time, over a hundred people gathered at the National Monumen...Read More
2025-10-05
Tantra, Translation, and 20th-Century China: A Seductive Look at Esoteric Buddhism
Wei Wu’s new book offers a window into a captivating, enigmatic, and mostly unfamiliar aspect of Chi...Read More
2025-10-01
Repression Rekindled: Yiguandao Faces Renewed Crackdown in China
In Guangdong and Shandong, authorities vow to show “no tolerance” to the redemptive religious moveme...Read More
2025-09-24
Holy Firewalls: China’s New Rules for Online Clergy Conduct
Regulations published on September 15 significantly restrict religious content online. “Bitter Winte...Read More
2025-09-18
The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God. 4. The Red Octopus’s Tentacles #4, 5, and 6: Abductions, Cyber-Attacks, and Anti-Cult Associations
Kidnapping refugees is an extreme step, but the CCP effectively harasses them through digital suppre...Read More
2025-09-04
The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God. 2. The Red Octopus’ Second Tentacle: Spying Overseas
Another of the seven methods used by the Chinese Communist Party to harass CAG members abroad is sys...Read More
2025-09-02
The Transnational Repression of The Church of Almighty God: 1. The Red Octopus and Its Seven Tentacles
A report on the seven methods used by the Chinese Communist Party to harass members of the persecute...Read More
2025-09-01
Red Flags and Red Herrings: FECRIS’ Curious Crusade for China
China reprints an article by a FECRIS board member from an obscure Italian publication to prove that...Read More
2025-08-18
4 of 5 Most Populous Countries Persecute Christians
Four of the five most populous countries in the world share a disturbing reality: Christians are sys...Read More
2025-08-09
The Arrest of Shaolin’s Abbot Shakes Up Government-Controlled Chinese Buddhism
Known as a womanizer and a billionaire, but also as a strong supporter of the CCP, Shi Yongxin’s wro...Read More
2025-07-31
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
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