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Pastor’s Wife Accused of Inciting Subversion

Pastor Wang Yi’s wife Jiang Rong, who is held under secret detention in an undisclosed location, has been accused of inciting subversion of state power days after authorities cracked down on the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan. More than 100 church members including Jiang and her husband were taken into custody over the weekend in a city-wide raid against the renowned protestant house church. A censorship directive was issued following the arrests prohibiting