Farcical Trial of Christian Businessman Draws Attention in Hong Kong

January 10, 2024 — 01/10/2024 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) -- Jimmy Lai, a Christian businessman and pro-democracy activist, continues to face charges in what many are calling a ridiculous, high-profile trial in Hong...

Bishop Arrested Again for Refusing to Join State-Managed Chinese Church

January 8, 2024 — 01/08/2024 China (International Christian Concern) —Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, was arrested in mid-December 2023 and then released a few days later. He...

Chinese Government Fuels Campaign Against Religious Freedom Magazine

January 6, 2024 — 01/06/2024 China (International Christian Concern) -- A Chinese government agency has launched a propaganda film attacking human rights and religious freedom magazine Bitter Winter for allegedly promoting cults in China....

Persecuted Chinese Church Blessed by Americans this Christmas

December 21, 2023 — 12/21/2023 Texas (International Christian Concern) -- Christmas cheer and an outpouring of love by Christians in Texas continue to bless the Shenzen Holy Reformed Church (also known as the Mayflower...

Confusion Persists About the True Number of Christians in China

December 14, 2023 — 12/14/2023 China (International Christian Concern) — American thinktank Pew Research reports the official Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) shows between 2010 and 2018, the share of Chinese adults who formally...

Early Rain Covenant Church in China Continues to Face Harassment

December 12, 2023 — 12/12/2023 China (International Christian Concern) — Members of the Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu continues to face harassment from local authorities, according to a report from Christian Solidarity...

House Church Pastor Remains in Jail

December 6, 2023 — 12/06/2023 China (International Christian Concern) — Brother Chang Hao, pastor of a small rural church in Yunnan, has been ordered by the Zhenxiong County People’s Court to remain in jail...

President Xi Gets Red Carpet Treatment Despite China’s Persecution Record

November 17, 2023 — 11/17/2023 Washington (International Christian Concern) - China's President Xi Jinping recently visited the United States to meet with President Biden, a visit on American soil for the first time in...

Tibetan Students Face Forced Assimilation

October 27, 2023 — 10/27/2023 China (International Christian Concern) -- Students in Tibet as young as preschool are being forced to leave their families and attend boarding schools instituted by the government. This is...

Chinese Conformity and Global Authoritarianism: Part V

October 20, 2023 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Part IV of this series discussed China’s global investment and growing authoritarianism around the world. This article will address how Christians in China and the...

Chinese Conformity and Global Authoritarianism: Part IV

October 18, 2023 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Part III of this series discussed China’s persecution, human rights abuses, and punishment. This article will address how China is using investment in developing nations...

Chinese Conformity and Global Authoritarianism: Part III

October 16, 2023 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Part II of this series discussed how China uses surveillance, controls information, and punishes those who report the truth. This article will discuss China’s persecution,...

Chinese Conformity and Global Authoritarianism: Part II

October 13, 2023 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Part I of this series discussed how China’s history shaped social conformity. This article will discuss how China uses surveillance, controls information, and punishes those...

Chinese Conformity and Global Authoritarianism: Part 1

October 12, 2023 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow China has been increasing human rights abuses for years. Disappearances, persecution of ethnic and religious minorities, organs for sale, controlled press, and surveillance of its...

Xi May Skip Major G20 Leaders’ Summit in Snub to India

September 1, 2023 — 09/01/2023 India (International Christian Concern) — Chinese government officials hinted on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping may forgo his usual attendance at the annual gathering of G20 leaders to...

Chinese Communist Party Government Rewrites Portions of the Bible

July 20, 2023 — 07/21/2023 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government is rewriting portions of the Bible in an effort to increase its control over religion in country, according...