A high profile Chinese Christian lawyer who was jailed for three years is set to be released. Gao Zhisheng's wife says authorities will free the human rights expert in around three weeks.He was well ...
The prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has defended Christians, has been kidnapped by the authorities, it's claimed. China Aid Association reports the lawyer disappeared on Thurs...
A Christian jailed in China for "terrorist activities" has died in mysterious circumstances in prison. Peng Ming, who has been incarcerated since 2005 in Hubei Province, was serving a life sentence f...
One of China's most persecuted Christian dissidents has openly criticised the Beijing government again. He has spoken out during President Xi's state visit to the United States, criticising western o...
A Christian activist in China has been sentenced after admitting subversion, state media reported. Gou Hongguo, a faith based human rights advocate, was given a three year suspended prison sentence, ...
A Chinese Christian activist has been jailed for more than seven years for what the Chinese government calls crimes against the state. Hu Shigen, an elder at Holy Love Church in the city of Jinhua in...
A Chinese Christian-convert is set to build a life-sized ark in central Canada. Businessman Wenqing Sun converted from Buddhism to Christianity in 2014 and is preparing to build a £900,000 ($1.2 m...
Christians in China have launched a special campaign to protest against the removal of crosses from churches in the country. The "Make and carry a cross" campaign is a reaction to the state removal o...
Christians have taken to the streets of China to protest against a campaign to remove crosses. Many view recent events, which include more than 1,200 crosses being stripped from churches in Zhejiang ...
Two more members of the Nanle County Christian Church in Henan Province have been found guilty of "gathering a crowd to disrupt public order". They were detained in November 2013 after a group of c...
More than 20 Chinese government agents have raided an unregistered church and banned it for "engaging in illegal religious activities in non-religious places". According to Christian religious freedo...
Christian churches in China have been ordered to take down displays of the Ten Commandments and replace them with quotes from Chinese President Xi Jinping, acco According to Bitter Winter, a magazine...
An increase in police raids on churches has caused Christian leaders to be more cautious about whom they let in their buildings. The crackdown on Christianity in China has triggered local authoriti...
The Chinese city of Langfang is banning shops and residents from embracing Christmas because they want to win a street competition, critics says it is more mali Langfang is a city between Beijing and...
A Chinese care worker says the Government's torn down a cross from the top of a church attached to a Christian nursing home where she works. A Chinese care worker says the government's torn down a cr...
The Chinese government's bringing in more laws to restrict Christianity. The Holy Spirit Study Centre of Hong Kong's Catholic diocese says the rules, due to come in 7 October, would restrict the fr...
House churches in China are being told to expect "unprecedented suppression" in a new report which is warning of a "major turning point" in the treatment of bel China Aid fears Chinese Christians wil...
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Li Baiguang has died under mysterious circumstances in an eastern Jiangsu province military hospital, his close friend sai Mr Li was a well-known lawyer who defe...
A group of lawyers in China may lose their qualifications after defending 40 Christians. According to Christian religious freedom charity China Aid, the Christians have been unfairly swept up in a pr...
Christian organisation Release International has appealed to China to mark its New Year celebration by freeing imprisoned Christians and end the torture of pris The advocacy group say that since July...
