Olympic Athletes Warned Against Criticizing China’s Human Rights AbusesJanuary 19, 2022 — 01/19/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - As Olympians from around the world prepare to travel to Beijing for the Winter Olympics, they have received an eerie warning from Chinese officials,...
Co-Owner of NBA Team Under Fire for Dismissing Persecuted UyghursJanuary 18, 2022 — 1/18/2022 United States (International Christian Concern) – Today, the minority owner of the NBA's Golden State Warriors and billionaire venture capitalist, Chamath Palihapitiya, is under fire following a shocking dismissal...
Several Leaders of Shanxi Megachurch Charged with FraudJanuary 16, 2022 — 01/15/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Seven leaders of the Golden Lampstand Church, a megachurch in Shanxi province, were formally charged by the procuratorate last month. On August 7 last...
Chinese Propaganda Arm Instructs Zhejiang’s Religious Leaders of their Role to Grow the Communist Party’s InfluenceJanuary 14, 2022 — 01/14/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – According to a release by the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs, the United Front Working Department (UFWD) of Zhejiang has spent the last...
Inner Mongolia Court Impedes Lawyers from Reading Files of Jailed Bible SellersJanuary 14, 2022 — 01/14/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On January 11, four Christian lawyers came to Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, to indicate that they had been commissioned by four Christians...
Hong Kong Leader Calls On ‘Patriot’ Legislature for Additional National Security LegislationJanuary 12, 2022 — 1/12/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Hong Kong’s Chief Executive has called on the Legislative Council for additional national security measures, adding to those approved by China in 2020...
Five Chinese Christians Sentenced for Attending Christian Conference in MalaysiaJanuary 12, 2022 — 01/12/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On January 7, Fenyang city court in Shanxi province sentenced five Christians from a house church in Taiyuan to more than six months of...
Zhejiang Rejects Appeal of Imprisoned Christian Bookstore OwnerJanuary 11, 2022 — 01/11/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – On January 7, Taizhou City Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang province rejected the appeal of imprisoned Christian bookstore owner Chen Yu, who was arrested...
Xinjiang’s Former Brass Join Growing List Beijing Hardliners in Hong KongJanuary 10, 2022 — 1/10/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – Chinese state news has announced the selection of Peng Jingtang as the new commander of the People Liberation Army's (PLA) detachment in Hong...
Appeal Rejected for Sellers of Audio Bible Player in ShenzhenJanuary 10, 2022 — 01/10/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong province recently held the appeal court for the three employees of Life Tree Company: Fu Xuanjuan, her husband...
Detained House Church Elder Finally Able to Meet with His LawyerJanuary 8, 2022 — 01/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A leader of a house church in China’s Guiyang, who was detained and accused of fraud on March 16, 2021, has finally been permitted...
China’s Assault on Tibetan Religious Monuments Reminiscent of Darker DaysJanuary 6, 2022 — 01/06/2022 Tibet (International Christian Concern) - Details are emerging of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) destruction of an enormous Tibetan Buddha statue, stretching over 90 feet high, and over 40...
Zhejiang Introduces New Administrative Measures on Religious VenuesJanuary 5, 2022 — 01/05/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – Zhejiang province’s Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee recently introduced the "Administrative Measures for the Registration and Writing Off of Religious Activity Venues in Zhejiang...
Reporting Indicates China Seeks to Expand Influence Over Hong Kong’s Catholic ChurchesJanuary 3, 2022 — 01/03/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – New information has confirmed what many Hong Kong observers have expected – the Chinese mainland’s religious overseers have been gearing up to exert...
Leader of Christian School in Xiamen Faces Hefty FineJanuary 3, 2022 — 01/02/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A Christian man in charge of a Christian school in China’s Xiamen, Fujian province, is facing a hefty fine for violating “the Regulations on...
China’s Creativity Abounds in Slapping Trumped-up Charges on ChristiansJanuary 1, 2022 — By Gina Goh 12/31/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – With the escalated crackdown on churches, church leaders, Christian businesses, and Christian schools, it is no secret that Beijing is a...