Persecution News - China

Update: Christian lawyer reportedly missing
(January 21, 2010)

Christians attacked and detained
(January 14, 2010)

Update: Church leader given severe prison sentence
(December 09, 2009)

House church leader targeted by authorities in Wenzhou
(December 09, 2009)

Update: Fushan church leaders sentenced to prison
(December 02, 2009)

Update: Crackdown continues against church in Shanghai
(November 25, 2009)

Update: House church leader released
(November 25, 2009)

Update: Authorities step up campaign against Christians
(November 18, 2009)

House church banned by authorities in Shanghai
(November 11, 2009)

Update: Expelled student invited back to school
(November 04, 2009)

Student expelled from school for his Christian faith
(October 28, 2009)

Update: Pastor Hua released
(October 21, 2009)

Update: Ten more Christians from Fushan Church arrested
(October 21, 2009)

Update: Pastor Zhang released; Pastor Hua still detained
(October 14, 2009)

Update: Fushan church leaders detained by officials
(September 30, 2009)

Pastor and wife forced to vacate home
(September 30, 2009)

Prominent pastor detained by officials
(September 23, 2009)

Church construction site attacked, believers brutally assaulted
(September 16, 2009)

Church banned, Christians arrested
(August 19, 2009)

House churches raided, Christians arrested
(July 15, 2009)

Update: Chinese couple sentenced for "engaging in illegal religious activities"
(July 08, 2009)

Update: Three Christians released from detention in Shaanxi
(June 30, 2009)

Update: House church leaders released in Sichuan
(June 30, 2009)

Update: Christian woman released in Zhejiang province
(June 24, 2009)

House churches attacked
(June 24, 2009)

Update: Shi Weihan receives three year prison sentence
(June 17, 2009)

House church leaders arrested in Sichuan
(June 17, 2009)

Pastor Hua Huiqi beaten by authorities
(June 10, 2009)

Pastor banned from church in Tianjin province
(June 03, 2009)

Update: Henan church leaders released
(May 27, 2009)

Church leaders detained in Henan province
(May 06, 2009)

Update: Pastor released following international attention
(April 29, 2009)

Update: Confiscated money returned to pastor
(April 22, 2009)

Officials detain and interrogate Pastor Zhang Mingxuan
(April 08, 2009)

Priest beaten in mayor's office
(March 25, 2009)

Update on detained Uyghur Christian
(March 18, 2009)

China Profile

Total Area:
9,596,960 sq. km

Population:
1,330,044,605 (July 2008 est.)

Ethnicity:
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

Language:
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages

Religion:
Officially Athiest. Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%

Government Type:
Communist State

Capital:
Beijing

Population Below Poverty Line:
8% (2006 est.)

Country Reports
Update: Expelled student invited back to school Print E-mail
November 04, 2009


Chen Le with his mother
Photo from ChinaAid

According to an October 29 report from ChinaAid, a 17-year-old high school student who was expelled on October 20 after he signed a document confirming his Christian faith (click here for more information) was able to return to class on October 29. On October 28, the Party Secretary of the High School Division and several other party members and instructors from the Huashan Middle School visited Chen Le at his home and politely invited him to return to his studies. The Party Secretary was reportedly deeply concerned with the international pressure caused by the expulsion.

Chen Le plans to continue with his education and take the College Entrance Exam at the end of the school year. To learn more about the persecution of Christians in China, click here.
 
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