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Lydia Zheng

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Lydia Zheng

    Early Rain member Chen Yunfei arrested again in southwestern China (opens the original)

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    CHENGDU, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA — Sept. 30, 2026 — Authorities in southwestern China have formally arrested veteran dissident and Early Rain Covenant Church member Chen Yunfei again on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” after he spent more than a month in custody following an August detention in Gansu Province. Chen was released in March 2025 after serving a four-year sentence after his second imprisonment since 2015. He participated in China’s 1989 democracy movement and ha

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Lydia Zheng

    Police in southern China seize Gospel materials, force church from meeting space (opens the original)

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    (Guangzhou — September 30, 2026) Police in southern China confiscated Gospel materials and forced a long-established house church from its rented meeting space after three Christians distributed fans printed with Gospel messages near a school, according to local Christians. Guangfu Church is a long-running house church in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province. Founded by Pastor Ma Chao in 2005, the congregation marked its 20th anniversary last year after a decade of repeated pressure from

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Lydia Zheng

    8 sentenced by China in 'Create Abundance' case, assets seized across network (opens the original)

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    (MIDLAND, Texas — Press Release — September 30, 2026) — A Chinese court has sentenced eight people associated with Create Abundance, a nationwide spiritual-development and commercial network, to seven to nine months in prison under China’s Criminal Law Article 300. The case, centered in northeast China, has also resulted in the closure of hundreds of affiliated lifestyle centers and the seizure or freezing of substantial assets. Information provided to ChinaAid indicates that companies and indiv

  4. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Lydia Zheng

    Military Drills, Party Ideology Mark New Term at Christian Seminary in China (opens the original)

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    Eastern China — September 30, 2026 — Military drills, target shooting and political instruction marked the start of the fall semester at a Christian seminary in eastern China, highlighting Beijing’s push for the “Chinafication” of Christianity and raising concerns about government influence over theological education. At Zhejiang Theological Seminary in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, the Sept. 8–14 opening activities included national defense education and renewed emphasis on aligning theological

  5. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Lydia Zheng

    Christian students, educators questioned as central China crackdown expands (opens the original)

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    Hunan Province — September 28, 2026 — Chinese authorities have expanded a crackdown on house-church Christians in central China from places of worship into schools, where students and educators have been questioned or disciplined, according to local Christians. The reported pressure follows coordinated police raids on several house churches in Yueyang, Hunan Province, on July 11. Six Christian leaders and workers — Pastor Huang Lei, Elder Yang Jianjun, Preacher Hu Hongtao, Pastor Luo Kaimin, Sis

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