China Hacks Vatican to Get Ahead of a Sino-Vatican Deal RenewalJuly 30, 2020 — 07/30/2020 Vatican (International Christian Concern) – Months before talks on renewal of a 2018 Sino-Vatican deal that helped solve the problems on the appointment of bishops, Chinese hackers allegedly target...
China Pressures Detained Pastor to Designate State-approved LawyerJuly 27, 2020 — 07/27/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church pastor in China’s Hunan province who was arrested on April 2 and charged with “inciting subversion of state power,” now faces...
China to Censor Film Production with Christian ContentJuly 26, 2020 — 07/25/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – New guidelines to regulate the film content have been issued by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which concerns Catholic directors who fear that programs...
Chinese Hackers Spy on ChristiansJuly 23, 2020 — 07/23/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – China’s ubiquitous security has always tracked citizens for a variety of purposes. Tracking Christian citizens has enabled authorities to raid house churches and arrest...
Christians in China Briefly Detained for Passing Gospel TractsJuly 19, 2020 — 07/19/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Across China, the act of passing gospel tracts on the streets has increasingly been targeted by the authorities, with Christians being taken away for...
State-vetted Churches in China Turned into Cultural CentersJuly 19, 2020 — 07/18/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – As China continues to crack down on churches, some state-approved Three-Self churches have been converted to cultural centers “voluntarily.” China Aid reports that recently...
China – House Church Leader Warned; Cross Removal Pending for Official ChurchJuly 16, 2020 — 07/16/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 15, a house church leader in Hebei province received an official warning from the sub-district office, reminding him that he cannot join...
Three-Self Church Leader Sues the Government in Qinghai ProvinceJuly 14, 2020 — 07/14/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – The leader of a state-sanctioned church, forcibly demolished last April in China’s Qinghai province, has filed a lawsuit against two local religious management agencies,...
Missing Chinese Underground Bishop Presumed Dead After 17 YearsJuly 13, 2020 — 07/13/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – Underground Bishop James Su Zhimin was last seen 17 years ago by a Catholic in a hospital in Baoding, Hebei province. At age 88,...
House Church Raided, 6 Elders Taken Away in China’s GuangxiJuly 12, 2020 — 07/12/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – On July 5 around 4 pm, dozens of officials from the Ethnic and Religious Affairs agency raided the Enguang church in Guanxi region’s Guiling...
Cross Removal Returns in Zhejiang ProvinceJuly 11, 2020 — 07/11/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – At 5 a.m. on July 7, dozens of government officials descended upon two churches in China’s Zhejiang province, bringing crane to forcibly remove the...
Underground Church in Jiangxi Faces Intensified PersecutionJuly 10, 2020 — 07/10/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – An underground church in China’s Jiangxi province has been threatened by the Chinese government to submit to its power and register under the Sino-China...
CCP Demands Church to Ban Minors in Order to ReopenJuly 9, 2020 — 07/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – As the pandemic in China gradually fades out from people’s attention, and the country is seeking to bring everything back to normal, the Chinese...
Pope Omits Hong Kong Reference in Latest AddressJuly 7, 2020 — 07/07/2020 Hong Kong (International Christian Concern) – In the latest Angelus address given by Pope Francis on July 5, he intentionally dropped a pre-written paragraph in reference to Hong Kong’s...
CCP to Directly Administer Places of WorshipJune 28, 2020 — 06/28/2020 China (International Christian Concern) - Since January 26, 2019, authorities across China have begun interfering in the direct management of state-run places of worship. The State Administration for Religious...
Underground Chinese Bishop Repeatedly Detained Since 2007June 23, 2020 — 06/22/2020 China (International Christian Concern) – A Chinese bishop, who is not recognized by the communist China, has been detained again in a unspecified place, possibly due to his reluctance...
