12/06/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – A house church in China’s Guangzhou province refuses to install national flag in replacement of the cross, even after facing...
05/07/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – Last night, local authorities in Hebei began demolishing the Catholic church of the village of Shen Liu in the diocese of Handan....
03/07/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – The pastor and three staff from Zhongxin Church in Xinxiang County, Henan, were criminally detained by local authorities on February...
02/21/2019 China (International Christian Concern) – On February 19, the cross of Chengdong Christian Church, a state-sanctioned church in China’s Jiangsu province, was forcibly removed...
10/11/2018 China (International Christian Concern) – Although the Vatican recently signed a provisional agreement on bishop appointment with China, hoping to improve the situation for...
ICC Note: According to the state news agency Global Times, China approved the removal of "two or three" crosses of churches in Yichuan county, Henan province, because the parishes were...
ICC Note: Xia Baolong, former Zhejiang provincial party committee secretary, is behind the cross removal campaign that removed thousands of crosses in Zhejiang. He received his double...
ICC Note: Members of Shaxi Church, an officially registered church in Jiangxi province, China, looked on last month as the cross atop their church was removed by a demolition crew. The...
ICC Note: Authorities in Yining, Xinjiang forcibly removed a Catholic church’s crosses, statues, and bell towers on February 27. A source believes that these features were demolished...
ICC Note: Local authorities in China used crane to demolish the cross of the Holy Grace Protestant Church in Henan province. Chinese authorities have stepped up their persecution...
ICC NOTE: Chinese authorities released a Christian wife of a detained lawyer after the family had been criminally detained in April for "gathering a crowd to disturb social order"....
ICC NOTE: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun led a prayer service at China's Hong Kong liaison office in Beijing to remember those who are being persecuted in China. The main focus has been on...
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