China

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese Christian Shi Weihan, the owner of a Christian bookstore and a well-known house church leader, remained detained Friday, April 17, after a Beijing court refused to immediately rule on his future, trial observers said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The pastor of a major Chinese evangelical church and his wife have been sentenced to one year "re-education through labor" for "engaging in illegal religious activities," trial observers confirmed Wednesday, July 1.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Several Christian volunteers and survivors of China's worst earthquake in a generation remained missing Sunday, December 28, after Christmas Eve police raids on homes under construction in the devastated Sichuan province amid anger among authorities over the involvement of churches in relief efforts, an advocacy group said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces expelled well-known expels evangelist and leader of China's growing house church movement, Pastor 'Bike' Zhang Mingxuan, from the capital Beijing Friday, January 16, while he was praying for a dying Christian man, a well-informed advocacy group told BosNewsLife.

BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A frail elderly Christian man, known for his work among reportedly persecuted believers, was "near death" Thursday, January 29, but authorities denied him a final meeting with his imprisoned Christian wife, friends told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian student was again back at school Monday, November 2, more than a week after he was expelled for his Christian faith, Chinese Christians said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian Li Mingshun has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for helping North Korean fleeing to South Korea, while her fellow Christian, Zhang Yonghu, received a seven-year sentence for organizing transportation for the refugees, trial observers said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An advocacy group with close links to Chinese house church Christians said Thursday, ecember 2, that two of its Websites have collapsed under cyber attacks possibly originating from China.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)--  Family members and other Chinese Christians say they remain concerned over the whereabouts of a prominent Christian human rights lawyer, several days after his probationary sentence was supposed to end.