ICC Note: In a seminar held late last month in San Francisco, Wu Zhongsu, the son of the founder of China’s government backed Three-Self Church movement, said that the Communist government hates Christianity. Wu also warned that the Communist Party is attempting to use Christianity as a means of furthering it’s own agenda. Other speakers at the seminar, including human rights lawyers and missionaries, spoke about the persecution that is ongoing, including the case of the Nanle County Christian Church. The Nanle church had two dozen members and the pastor of the church arrested back in November, likely because of their activism in the community. The churches pastor and a few members remain in prison. 
2/11/2014 China (ChinaAid) – The 2014 Seminar on Religious Freedom and Rule of Law in China, organized by China Aid Association, Chinese Democracy Education Foundation, Humanitarian China, the informal Bay Area National Affairs Forum, and the historic First Baptist Church of San Francisco was held on Jan. 28 and consisted of speeches from well-known Chinese rights defenders, advocates and missionaries.
The seminar was presided over by Pastor Bob Fu, president and founder of ChinaAid. Fang Zheng, president of Chinese Democracy Education Foundation, and Feng Congde, a famous student leader in the Tiananmen Square student protests, delivered speeches of welcome to open the seminar.
Another important figure speaking at the seminar was Wu Zhongsu, son of Wu Yaozhong, the initiator and founder of China’s Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
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Wu Zhongsu recalled the history of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement in China and the life of his father. He explained how his father had initiated and led the movement. Wu Zhongsu also gave evidence that his father had been tricked, controlled and used by the Chinese Communist government. He said that in the end, his father was abandoned by the government when he was of no more use to them.
Wu Zhongsu also provided evidence that supports the widespread belief that the Chinese Communist government hates Christianity and uses it as a tool for their United Front work [“United Front” is a loaded political term that goes back to the Communist Party’s revolutionary beginnings when it used “persuasion” to achieve cooperation with non-Communist groups.]. He also had facts that showed that the Chinese government lies about there being religious freedom in China.
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Others who spoke at the event included Christian rights defense lawyer Xia Jun. Xia discussed cases he has defended recently, including the detainment of Christians in Nanle County, in China’s central Henan province, the arrests of Christians in Zizhou, in the inland province of Shaanxi, and the prosecution of bookstore employees Ren Lacheng and Li Wenxi.
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