Chinese Conformity and Global Authoritarianism: Part IIIOctober 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 1October 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 IndiaSeptember 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 BibleJuly 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...
Secretary Blinken Meets with Top Chinese Diplomat at ASEAN MinisterialJuly 14, 2023 — 07/14/2023 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Wang Yi, the county's seniormost diplomat and former Foreign Minister, met on the sidelines of this...
Chinese Government Fines Underground PastorJuly 11, 2023 — 07/11/2023 China (International Christian Concern) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government fined the pastor of an underground church in Xiamen, China, according to the U.S.-based Christian nonprofit ChinaAid. Pastor...
Heavily Persecuted Mayflower Church Granted Asylum in TexasMay 16, 2023 — 5/16/2023 USA (International Christian Concern)—The heavily persecuted Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, often called the “Mayflower Church,” was granted asylum in the United States and made their final voyage to Texas...
China Brokers Deal Restoring Diplomatic Relations Between Iran, Saudi ArabiaMarch 22, 2023 — United States (International Christian Concern) – China recently brokered a diplomatic agreement to normalize relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two historic rivals. The deal marks a significant shift in...
Persecution and CottonJanuary 10, 2023 — Lisa Navarrette, MS "For the first time since the heyday of the antebellum South, cotton slavery is once again polluting the local economy on an industrial scale," said Nury Turkel. [1] Born...
Hotspots on the HorizonJanuary 5, 2023 — 01/05/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – We recently sat down with Darius, who is involved with ICC’s international relief efforts and projects and asked him to assess trouble spots as...
Trial Date Set for Imprisoned Christian TeachersNovember 10, 2022 — 11/10/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - In March of this year, Two of the four house church teachers in Wuhu, Anhui Province, arrested and charged with carrying out “illegal business operations” last August...
Linfen House Church Faces Ongoing PersecutionNovember 8, 2022 — 11/08/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in southwest Shanxi province continues to face an ongoing crackdown, as church leaders and members are slapped with trumped-up charges and...
Vatican Agreement with Chinese Government Worsening Religious FreedomNovember 2, 2022 — 11/02/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - On October 22, the Holy See announced the second renewal of the agreement with China on the appointment of bishops that was first introduced...
Hong Kong Cardinal Appears in Court for Resumed TrialOctober 29, 2022 — 10/29/2022 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – On October 26, the 90-year-old former Hong Kong archbishop, along with five pro-democracy activists, have appeared in court after their trial resumed. In...
Chinese Evangelist Detained Yet AgainOctober 26, 2022 — 10/26/2022 China (International Christian Concern) - Chen Wensheng, a resident of Hunan province, is a well-known street evangelist in China. On October 12, he was summoned to the local police...
