Examples of religious groups, e.g., Christians, Uyghers, Falong Gong, persecuted by the Communist regime
George was an American from California. I met him in 1991 when he was teaching English at a medical college in Beijing. His greatest dream in his 38 years of life was to visit Kashgar. “Why Kashgar?” I asked. Born and raised in Beijing, I had never heard of Kashgar, let alone as a dream […]
This Sunday (4/6/2019), the Freedom Plaza in DC was a beautiful sight to behold. Hundreds of Uighurs and their supporters were waving American flags and the Blue Banners of East Turkestan, holding a rally protesting the cultural genocide that the Chinese Communist Party launched against the Uighur people in the northwestern China. Among the protesters […]
The World Wide Life Organization (WWF) states “We should do everything we can to save the giant panda because we are the ones that have driven it to the edge of extinction. And because we can.” It is my firm hope that, for the people of the world, non-government house churches in China are as […]
Thousands of Chinese Christians in China recently were required to sign an official document (like a template) issued by the government. The document was a forced personal declaration or statement. In the first part of the form, Christians must declare their name, gender, address, number of identification card, the year in which they began to […]
I am a shy person and have always been afraid of speaking in public, especially talking about myself. One reason is that I grew up in China, where any disclosure of personal belief or opinion would possibly land you in prison. However, recently I was invited to be a guest speaker at a regional campus […]
Tashi Wangchuk, a young Tibetan, was sitting in the train from his hometown to Beijing. His mind was still bogged down by the image of the children in his hometown, prevented from the right to learn to read and write in his own Tibetan language by the Communist regime. His journey started as a peaceful […]
Richard Mouw, an American theologian and philosopher, recently published an article online, titled “Are Chinese Christians persecuted? Not Exactly” He criticized some China-watchers who have been reporting increased persecution of Christians in China. After visiting some churches and seminaries run by the Chinese government, Mr. Mouw concluded that he saw “no sign of that kind […]
While “wiretapping” is a heated topic in the United States, on the other side of the world the Chinese government “quietly” began a campaign of installing surveillance cameras in churches to spy on Christians. Recent reports say that the government will know exactly who is attending services and what is said from the pulpit. Ironically, […]
In 1947 when Chiang Kai-shek was in power, Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang was ordained by the Vatican. Two years later (1949), Mao’s Communist Party seized power and set about jailing Christian leaders, driving out missionaries and dismantling churches. In 1954, when the atheist Communist Party formally severed ties with the Vatican, Bishop Shi was arrested […]
April 14th, 2016 was an unusual day for a middle-aged Christian couple in Henan Province. The cacophonous sound of bulldozers became clearer and clearer to them, while they stood in front of their church. The pastor of the church, Jiangong and his wife Cuimei had refused to hand over their church grounds to a local […]