Professor criticizes China’s grip on religion spreading to TaiwanNovember 27, 2017 — ICC Note: Following the Communist Party’s 19th Congress, the Chinese government is cementing tighter control over religious believers. Even Taiwan, the neighboring self-ruling state is affected by that. Chen Wenshan,...
Chinese government blocks Chinese tours to VaticanNovember 25, 2017 — ICC Note: Several Chinese travel agencies confirm that they have received directives dated November 16, in which they are ordered to cancel scheduled visits to the center of Christianity. Fines...
Doubts surface as Chinese underground bishop installed in state-controlled churchNovember 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Lanzhou Bishop Joseph Han Zhihai was publicly installed on Nov 10, 2017 in a ceremony where many of his fellow priests and parishioners were absent due to skepticism...
Police in China’s Shaanxi Deny Lawyer Gao Zhisheng in Their CustodyNovember 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s whereabouts remain unknown since his latest disappearance around 100 days ago. A human rights activist and a prominent lawyer, Mr. Gao was famous for...
Chinese Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong condemned to two years prison for ‘subversion’November 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong has been arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for ‘incitement to subversion against the state.’ He stood up against the Chinese...
North Korean hackers use Android backdoor malware to target Christian groups in South KoreaNovember 21, 2017 — ICC Note: A North Korean hacker group called Lazarus created an Android malware app called “The Bible’ which could be used to target GodPeople organization, a group sympathetic to Christians...
Police question 13 Christians for holding church services in GuangdongNovember 20, 2017 — ICC Note: A team of police officers and religious affairs bureau personnel have interrogated 13 Christians in Guangdong province, China accusing them of having held their religious service at ‘unapproved...
The story of an underground Catholic priest in ChinaNovember 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Father Joseph, a Chinese priest from underground church, explains what it was like to grow up as a faithful Catholic in China. When he was only 15 years...
Yugan authorities in China replace Jesus with Xi Jinping to help the poorNovember 14, 2017 — ICC Note: In Yugan County, a poor rural area in Jiangxi, China, the local government is pressuring Christians to replace the image of Jesus with that of Chinese President Xi...
If the Vatican and N. Korea talk, Christians should be on the agendaNovember 13, 2017 — ICC Note: The Vatican is exploring its options to get in touch with North Korea in order to help ease the tension over its nuclear program and potential conflicts with...
Remains of Two Chinese Missionaries Killed in Pakistan Returned to ChinaNovember 10, 2017 — ICC Note: The remains of Meng Li Si and Li Xinheng, the two Chinese missionaries who were killed by Islamic State in Pakistan this past summer was returned to their...
Christian Human Rights Lawyer Disappears After Being Recaptured by Chinese Officials; Friends BeatenNovember 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Nobel nominee, prominent Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng managed to escape from his hometown where he was under house arrest for 23 days. He and his...
Christian Rights Activists Urged China Not to Repatriate North Korean DefectorsNovember 9, 2017 — ICC Note: China continues to violate international humanitarian principles as they increase a crackdown of North Korean defectors in China, especially in the past two months. North Korean defectors who...
Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Escaped, RecapturedNovember 8, 2017 — 11/08/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that, with the help of two friends, Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng escaped in August from his home...
China expels hundreds of South Korean missionaries from North Korean border regionNovember 7, 2017 — ICC Note: In the last year, three provincial governments in China have deported hundreds of South Korean pastors and missionaries, forcing them to abandon churches and communities in the northeastern...
North Korea: Children Forced Into Hard Labor Inside ‘Orphanage Shelters,’ Defector SaysNovember 7, 2017 — ICC Note: Grace Jo, a North Korean defector who escaped from North Korea in 2006 shares her horrific experience working for the Kim regime as a kid. Grace Jo does...
