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China’s War on Christians

JL;DR SUMMARY The article details China's severe crackdown on the Zion House Church, a prominent Christian movement in China, marking the most significant suppression of Christianity since the Cultural Revolution. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ChinaChristianityPersecutionSurveillanceReligious FreedomGlobal PoliticsXi JinpingCommunist Party Of ChinaZion House ChurchApec Summit

Places mentioned

Beihai, Guangxi, China
"Zion Churchs founder and senior pastor, Rev. Mingri Ezra Jin, was taken from his home in Beihai, Guangxi Province."
Guangxi, China
"authorities repeatedly sealed Zions rented venues, cut power to its offices, and harassed its members."
Beijing, China
"The target: Beijings Zion House Church, the largest and most influential urban house church network in Chinas modern history."
Washington D.C., Washington DC, United States
"As President Donald J. Trump prepares to meet Xi Jinping on Oct. 30 during the APEC Summit."
Seoul, South Korea
"The timing of this campaignjust weeks before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Seoulcannot be ignored."
Hebei, China
"Those who refused this Papal compromiselike the underground Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Hebei or Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kongface house arrest, censorship, and isolation by the regime."
Hong Kong
"Those who refused this Papal compromiselike the underground Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Hebei or Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kongface house arrest, censorship, and isolation by the regime."
Xinjiang, China
"But behind those legal fictions lies the same authoritarian impulse that built the digital firewall and interned over a million Uyghur Muslims and Christians in Xinjiang."

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