KARACHI: The killing in recent months of a Chinese man and a woman at the hands of suspected militants in Balochistan has put Beijing in a quandary. That’s because the two were not in Quetta to teach mandarin but to do something
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KARACHI: The killing in recent months of a Chinese man and a woman at the hands of suspected militants in Balochistan has put Beijing in a quandary. That’s because the two were not in Quetta to teach mandarin but to do something
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In northwestern China, five Christians were denied court appeals resulting in lengthy prison sentences for each of them, ranging from 3 to 5 years. The Chinese court rejected the appeals of Zheng Lan, Cheng Yajie, Wang Lulu, Liu Yan, and
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An international group of lawyers and judges on Tuesday called on Beijing to release human rights lawyer Xie Yang, who was detained during a nationwide crackdown on the legal profession beginning in July 2015, and whose trial at a court
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With over 1.3 billion people, 23 provinces and multiple different languages, what may be happening in one region of China may not be in another. It’s a land of diversity and growth. IN 1981, PROJECT PEARL WAS LAUNCHED, WITH OVER ONE MILLION
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More than 60 South Korean Christians are being expelled from China after helping North Korean defectors. Authorities have accused them of “missionary” activities – illegal under China’s strict restrictions on religious involvement. “These persons were engaged in missionary activities in
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House churches in China are being told to expect “unprecedented suppression” in a new report which is warning of a “major turning point” in the treatment of believers. China Aid has expressed fears that Chinese Christians will suffer under a
Read moreA human rights lawyer in China who has been detained since 2014 sent a message to his wife to gather people to pray, not for his release, but for the gospel to spread. The lawyer’s wife, Mrs. Wong, shared her
Read moreChinese authorities have begun a crackdown on “evil cults” but, unfortunately, those who were arrested and accused of being cult members were Christians, according to the persecution watchdog group China Aid. The arrests were made in October and November, but the
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Foreign non-governmental organisations, including social and environmental advocacy groups, fear they could inadvertently break the broadly defined new rules that take effect in China next month, with some even closing down to avoid such pitfalls. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s administration
Read moreDespite ongoing threats, a house church in China’s central Henan province is rejecting an order from the government to stop all religious activities and remove all Christian signs from the building. ChinaAid, has reported that, in September, government personnel informed
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