China

By BosNewsLife Asia Service HAGATNA, GUAM (BosNewsLife)-- Global Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio was struggling Friday, September 20, to keep its programs to North Korea, China and other Asian nations on the air following an earthquake, heavy rains and storms around its transmitters on the Pacific island of Guam, an official said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, 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.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese Pastor Samuel Lamb, who spent more than 20 years in a forced labor camp and prison for his house church activities, has died, his supporters confirmed Monday, August 5

By BosNewsLife North American and Asian Services with local news reporting BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (BosNewsLife)-- Mourning families from a major evangelical church in the San Fernando Valley of southern California were worshiping Sunday, July 14, without three Christian Chinese students they had been expecting.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists on Friday, July 7, condemned China's decision to refuse jailed Christian housing activist Ni Yulan medical parole, despite suffering from "serious health problems" including an untreated thyroid tumor.

By Stefan J. Bos,  Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's Christian "prisoner-of-conscience" Peng Ming spent another day behind bars Tuesday, July 2, despite mounting concerns about his health after nine tortuous years in captivity, his Chinese friend and former house church pastor told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary remained under pressure Wednesday, June 12, to explain its relations with China after expelling the vice-president of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) on "terrorism charges" and preventing a Budapest meeting dedicated to the religious and political rights of the Uyghur people.

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)– China's Communist government has closed a dozen churches in Hainan Province and threatens to shut down many more as part of a "clandestine plan" to "eradicate" all unregistered house churches, an advocacy group warned Thursday, June 6.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Seven members of a house church in China's Henan province spent Sunday, June 2, behind bars after they were sentenced to long prison terms on charges of "cult activity", a leading rights activist told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Family members of Pastor Gong Shengliang, whose house church movement was banned as a cult in China, have renewed calls for his release from prison after he apparently suffered a stroke but was denied medical treatment.