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| China Ramping Up Persecution Of Christians |
| 2014-07-31 |
| [FreeBeacon] Issued orders to demolish more than 100 churches in the southeastern coastal province of Zhejiang. Chinese authorities are ramping up their persecution of Christian churches in response to what they perceive as an emerging threat to the communist regime, according to reports. Public security officials in recent days forcibly removed crosses from two churches in the southeastern coastal province of Zhejiang, the New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported. Authorities have now issued orders to demolish more than 100 churches in the province—most of them state-approved, as opposed to the illegal underground communities suppressed by officials. Additionally, government officials have disrupted services, confiscated and destroyed church property, and in some cases detained members in the capital in Beijing, the eastern coastal province of Shandong, and the autonomous Xinjiang region in the northwest. Chinese officials appear to be acting on concerns that the growing Christian movement could soon rival the influence of the 86 million members of the Communist Party. A 2011 Pew Research report estimated that China has 67 million Christians, about 5 percent of its population. The U.S. State Department raised a number of concerns about China in its annual international religious freedom report, released Monday. The report said that in addition to Christians, Chinese officials persecuted Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, and Moslem Uighurs. The Chinese government's campaign against churches comes amid a wider crackdown on dissent by President Jinping. Activists have condemned the Communist Party's detention of dissidents and use of involuntary psychiatric confinement. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 But I guess after they get done with the Juice there's not enough to go around. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-07-31 12:17 |
| #1 I'm still waiting for the international outrage and sanctions. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-07-31 12:15 |