China is Advancing Sinicization of Religious Expression, USIRF Warns

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has warned that China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seeking to elevate China over God through its ongoing policy of Sinicization, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Sinicization aims to impose Chinese nationalism on religious expression and institutions.

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China Releases US Pastor After Wrongfully Imprisoning Him For 18 Years

China on Sunday released US pastor David Lin from prison after wrongfully detaining him for 18 years, Reuters reports. Ruled by the authoritarian, paranoid Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China ranks 19 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

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China’s New Adoption Policy Leaves Children in the Balance

On September 4, the US state department informed adoption service providers and waiting families that the People’s Republic of China (PRC), would “no longer carry out foreign adoption work,” except in a few narrow cases. Several hundred American families have been matched with children in China. Many families were scheduled to bring their children home Read more…

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China Ends International Adoptions, Leaving Hundreds of Cases in Limbo

The Chinese government has officially ended its international adoption program, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced Thursday, ending hopes for hundreds of US families who were matched with children before the COVID-19 pandemic but had adoptions put on hold in 2020. Karla Thrasher, senior director of international adoptions at Lifeline Children’s Services based in Birmingham, Read more…

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China: Christian Mother in Police Detention for Developing “Song of Songs” Gospel App

A young Christian mother in China has been in police detention for a month after being arrested for helping to develop a Christian app called “Song of Songs,” China Aid reports.

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China Denies Released Pastor Passport To Travel To Wife In US

Nearly half a year after his release from prison, Chinese Pastor John Cao has still not received identity documents and a passport that would enable him to live normally in China or visit his wife in the United States, Worthy News learned Monday.

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