China’s Top Body Warns Communists Against Christianity, Religion

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By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent china_christianity BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's top anti-corruption body has warned Communist Party members – the elite of the nation – that they must refrain from religious activities amid concerns over the rapid spread of Christianity here.

URGENT BREAKING NEWS: China Releases Key House Church Leaders; Massive Detentions Continue

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese authorities released two key leaders of the country's underground house church movement from a forced labor camp and prison before their detention terms expired, but elsewhere security forces launched a massive crackdown on worship services and Christian students, an American advocacy group said Thursday, December 4.

Wife, Son of Jailed China Pastor ‘Intimidated’ By Security Forces

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The wife and child of the jailed founder of one of China's largest unregistered...

China Christians Detained In Fresh Crackdown On Devoted Churches

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service china_prayer_450x4501BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Several churches in northwest China faced another day of tensions Saturday, August 17, amid a wider government crackdown on devoted Christian groups and the detention of believers, Chinese Christians said.  

NEWS ALERT: ‘China Killing Christians And Other Minorities For Organs’

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife indextradeLONDON/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted house church Christians and other prisoners of conscience are targeted and killed for a massive gruesome trade in human organs in China, according to new reports released this week.

NEWS ALERT: Tense Stand-Off Between Christians And Chinese Security Forces Reported

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service believersprotestinfrontofchurchBEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A tense stand-off continued Friday, July 10, in China's Shandong Province between Chinese security forces and Christians who have tried to prevent the destruction of their church building, representatives said.

Family Visits Jailed Chinese Christian Lawyer Gao After Two Years

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The brother and father-in-law of prominent Christian Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been allowed to meet with him in a remote jail for the first time in nearly two years, "putting to rest fears that he may have died," his family and rights activists confirmed Wednesday, March 28.

China Urged To Release Detained House Church Leader

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A major rights group urged China Wednesday, August 3, to release the deputy chairman of one of China's largest umbrella groups of house churches who was sentenced last month to two years labour camp.
 

Chinese Lawyer, Husband, Receive Long Prison Terms

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese human rights lawyer Ni Yulan was spending Friday April 20 in prison as she was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail, Christian trial observers told BosNewsLife.

BREAKING NEWS: China Sentences Uyghur Church Leader To 15 Years Imprisonment

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service mi-alimujiang-yimiti1BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China has sentenced an Uyghur house church leader to 15 years "criminal detention" on charges of "providing state secrets to overseas organizations", but his supporters linked the sentence to his Christian activities.