Persecution News - China

Update: Family permitted visit with imprisoned church leader
(August 19, 2010)

Update: Imprisoned Christian refused further visits
(July 29, 2010)

Pastor released on bail
(June 17, 2010)

Update: Human rights lawyer missing again
(May 13, 2010)

Update: Family finally allowed visit imprisoned Uyghur church leader
(May 13, 2010)

Update: Pastor released early from detention
(May 06, 2010)

Update: Christian human rights lawyer released
(April 15, 2010)

Update: Authorities reject Uyghur Christian's appeal
(April 15, 2010)

Christian activist abducted
(April 15, 2010)

Update: Missing Christian confirmed alive
(April 01, 2010)

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)

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
House church banned by authorities in Shanghai Print E-mail
November 11, 2009

According to a November 4 report from ChinaAid, more than 30 officials from four government agencies barged into the Wanbang Missionary Church in Shanghai, China on November 2 and accused the believers of holding an illegal gathering. Leaders from each of the agencies, including the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB) and the State Administration on Religious Affairs, then interrogated the senior pastor, Cui Quan. PSB officers also questioned other major church partners in the city affiliated with the Wanbang Missionary Church. After concluding that church members were meeting illegally, police officers banned the church and forbade the believers from meeting together in the future. The Wanbang Missionary Church has approximately 1,200 members and is considered one of the most influential urban house churches in the country.

Pray that these believers will be encouraged to continue to meet together despite opposition (Hebrews 10:23-25). Pray for significant and lasting advances in religious freedom in China.

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