Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest July 01-15 General 01.07.2023 – Religious leaders urged to enhance China’s ‘soft power’ UCA news – Religions should be guided by core socialist values and Chinese culture, said top...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest June 16-30 General 29.06.2023 – Bookstores searched for illegal religious literature in Henan Bitter Winter – “Pornography and obscenity” and “xie jiao [a term indicating ‘heterodox teachings’...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest May 15-31 General 25.05.2023 – China: Theological seminaries inspected to check how “sinicized” they are On May 10, 2023, Pastor Wu Wei, president of the China Christian Council, an umbrella...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Religious persecution and issues, Bimonthly Digest April 16-30 Buddhists 28.04.2023 – Tibetan Buddhists traveling to Lhasa on pilgrimages face new hurdles They now must file a form with a local official and have a city resident vouch for them....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest April 01-15 14.04.2023 – In Anapa, a pastor was sentenced to a year in prison for collaborating with the New Generation Sova center – On April 13, 2023, it became known that the pastor of the...