Bible class targeted in China clampdown, Christians interrogated
According to China Aid, more than 30 students had gathered last week at a restaurant for an 'Introduction to Christianity' class and a meal. Around 20 police officers confiscated their phones and took them to a police station, where they were interrogated.
According to China Aid's source, the Christians were kept at the police station for several hours without food or water, and it was very cold in the interrogation room.
Wang Yi and Jiang Rong are being held on charges of 'inciting subversion of state power'.
The moves against Early Rain are part of a wider Chinese clampdown on religion that has also seen around 1 million Uighur Muslims detained in 're-education camps'. According to Bitter Winter, which reports on persecution in China, authorities are enforcing 'church-free zones' around schools, forcing churches to close if they are too near schools. It cites an official order stating: 'All...
Dr. Steven J. Lawson | 10/11/2009
