Tag: Hebei

Police in China given quotas for how many Christians to arrest

December 6, 2018 China Catholics, China, Churches, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Peter Shao Zhumin, Police, Religion Law, Shanxi, Xi Jinping, Zhejiang, Zhengzhou

Police stations in a city in northeast China are having their performance evaluated according to the number of Christians they arrest, says religious-liberty magazine Bitter Winter. A police officer from Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province, near the North Korean border, told the magazine that his station had received . . . Read More

China: Christian students under pressure to give up their faith

November 27, 2018 China China, Churches, Education, Hebei, Shandong, Sichuan, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Youth, Zhejiang

Group of Chinese students on Tiananmen Square, in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Municipal authorities in a city in China’s northern Hebei province have been given directions on how to handle students and teachers who express their religious beliefs, reports religious-liberty magazine Bitter Winter. Foreign teachers and students are not allowed to preach or promote religion, and local students are prohibited from speaking . . . Read More

Chinese ‘underground’ bishop detained by police for fifth time in two years

November 9, 2018 China Catholics, China, Hebei, Peter Shao Zhumin, Wenzhou, Zhejiang

China's catholic dioceses are to respond to the government led campaign of the 'sinicization of religion' with a plan of action. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Chinese “underground” bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of the coastal city of Wenzhou, in Zhejiang province, was taken by police this morning, 9 November, reports AsiaNews. He is expected to be held for 10-15 days, the news site reported, adding that while the police generally calls these times “vacation periods … . . . Read More

50,000 Catholics baptised in China in 2017

February 28, 2018 China Baptism, Beijing, Catholics, China, Hainan, Hebei, Minorities, Tibet, Xinjiang

Almost 50,000 Catholic baptisms were recorded in mainland China last year, reports Catholic news agency Fides. The 48,556 recorded baptisms “reflect the vitality and the missionary dynamism of a community that fully lives faith”, Fides said, adding that the actual number of people baptised may be even higher, because of . . . Read More

Chinese priest jailed for stealing was framed, say supporters

September 22, 2017 China China, Hebei, Liaoning

China's Communist Party is trying to suppress rapid growth among religions.(Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A prominent Chinese priest sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing money from a retirement home was framed by government officials, his supporters have claimed. Government-approved Fr. Fei Jisheng, from the province of Liaoning in north-east China, was sentenced by a court in the city of Gaizhou, along with . . . Read More

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