China Cracks Down on Online Bible Sales
At The New York Times, Ian Johnson reports that Beijing has closed a loophole that allowed online...
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China Imprisons ‘Hero’ For Crime Of Giving Out Bibles
From Toronto Star: By all accounts, Shi Weihan was a model Chinese citizen. A kind-hearted man with a sense of social responsibility, he donated funds to send poor kids to school, raised money for those suffering from congenital...
China Confiscates Bibles From American Christians
From AP: Chinese customs officials confiscated more than 300 Bibles on Sunday from four American Christians who arrived in a southwestern city with plans to distribute them, the group’s leader said. The Bibles were taken...
China Set to Become Top Bible Maker
Even though Chinese Christians are still a religious minority that can only legally obtain Bibles from state-approved churches, the economies of Bible printing seem to be loosening these restrictions. From the Los Angeles Times:...
Religion Flourishes in China
Independent Television News shows an internet video on China’s largest bible factory. Despite tight restrictions on religion in China, the country’s largest bible factory prints more than six million religious books...
Keeping the Faith in China
Millions of Christians in China practice their religion in secret to avoid persecution by the Communist Party. The BBC’s James Reynolds reports from Beijing on underground churches. Underground Christians make the Chinese...
World’s Biggest Bible Factory Opens In A ‘Godless’ China – Simon Parry and Hazel Parry
From dpa, via The China Post: It is a country where people caught smuggling religious texts or organizing illicit services can face years in jail. Yet China is about to become home to the world’s biggest Bible factory, producing a staggering 1 million copies a month. The aircraft hangar-sized plant on an industrial park outside […]
Religious Texts Allowed At Beijing Olympics, But For Personal Use Only; Falun Gong Excluded – AP
From AP, via International Herald Tribune: Outraged Beijing Olympic organizers sought Thursday to refute allegations of religious intolerance, saying Bibles and other religious items for personal use are welcome at next year’s Beijing Olympics. That latitude, however, does not extend to the Falun Gong spiritual movement, banned eight years ago as an “evil cult” and […]
Hotels Told to Stock Bibles for Olympic Visitors – Wu Jiao
From China Daily: Hotels in Beijing should provide Bibles for foreign visitors during the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, a Chinese political adviser said… Beijing is expected to receive about 500,000 to 550,000 overseas visitors during the 29th Summer Olympiad, which opens on August 8, 2008 and will run until August 24… At least 40 million […]
Christianity in China – Beijing Review
Articles from the Beijing Review about Christians, Christianity and its development in China: – Becoming a Believer: The Bible has a major influence on many Chinese, including those who are not raised as Christians. [full text] – Translation of the Bible in China: History of the Bible’s Chinese version and early missionaries in China [full […]
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