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Real Letters from Persecuted Christians in China's Prisons!

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Detained Zion Pastor Reveals: Authorities Used My Young Children to Force a Confession

Pastor Liu Zhenbin of Beijing Zion Church, detained since October 2025, alleges Chinese authorities pressured him to confess by invoking his three young children. In a letter from Beihai Detention Center in Guangxi, Liu reported a prosecutor told him, “Your children are still very young. You need to consider them.”

The remark caused him deep grief as he longs to watch them grow. Liu and seven other Zion leaders face charges of illegal business operations and fraud after a nationwide crackdown on the unregistered house church that refused state control. He asserts the baseless accusations aim to deter future pastors and force retreat under threat of punishment. Correspondence remains restricted, yet Liu’s resolve highlights the ongoing cost of independent faith in China.

Stand with Pastor Liu and Zion’s detained leaders—share this story, pray for their release, and support religious freedom today.

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#ZionChurchPersecution #FreePastorLiu #ChinaReligiousFreedom #HouseChurchCrackdown #DefendFaithInChina

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Pastor Yang Jun: “My Wife Was Taken in Front of Our Children” – Zion Church Persecution Story

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wu Qiuyu of Beijing Zion Church in front of her two young children, ages 2 and 3. Her husband, Pastor Yang Jun, was abroad on ministry and remains stranded in South Korea.

Now past nine months in detention on charges tied to online worship, Wu faces health challenges and limited contact while relatives care for the children who continually ask for their mother.

In a ChinaAid exclusive interview, Yang described the family’s loneliness and declared, “She is bearing this burden for me.”

Their ordeal underscores the human cost of restrictions on unregistered churches.

Watch the Exclusive Interview with Pastor Yang Jun
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Stand with Wu Qiuyu and her family—pray for her release, share this story, and urge officials to end the separation of this Christian mother from her children.

#ZionChurchPersecution #WuQiuyu #ReligiousFreedomChina #ChinaAid #PastorYangJun

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Over 20 Christians Still Jailed Months After Authorities Razed Landmark Church

More than 20 members and leaders of Yayang Christian Church, also known as Yazhong Church, remain in custody months after Chinese authorities demolished one of eastern China’s best-known Protestant churches. Located in Yayang Township, Taishun County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province—often called China’s “Jerusalem”—the church stood for decades before a sweeping crackdown.

Detained believers, including two leaders, face charges of gathering a crowd to disrupt public order, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and concealing accounting records.

The operation followed resistance to forced flag installation and intensified with over 1,000 officers surrounding the site in December 2025. Despite the loss of their sanctuary, the congregation’s steadfast faith endures amid ongoing restrictions. Global attention is urgently needed to support those imprisoned for their beliefs.

Stand with Yayang’s imprisoned believers—share their story and pray for their release.

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#YayangChurchCrackdown #ChinaReligiousFreedom #ZhejiangPersecution #FreeChineseChristians #ChinaAid

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EXCLUSIVE: Professor says Chinese communist officials ordered his removal from Catholic conference - LifeSite https://t.co/Ds6mdi9erA

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@dawn_laponsie Dawn,

Thank you for your faithful prayers!

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Unable to Be Present for Child’s Birth This August

After six months in detention, Early Rain Covenant Church preacher Dai Zhichao faces a new charge of “organizing illegal gatherings” alongside the original accusation of “inciting subversion of state power.”

Chinese authorities transferred his case to Sichuan’s procuratorate on July 22 for possible indictment and trial. Dai regrets that he will be unable to be with his wife for the birth of their child.

His lawyer finally met him on July 16. Since the 2018 crackdown that imprisoned founding Pastor Wang Yi for nine years, Early Rain members endure relentless raids, surveillance, and detentions.

Yet the congregation continues worshiping under pressure, embodying resilience amid China’s campaign against unregistered churches.

Stand with Dai Zhichao and Early Rain—share this story, pray for justice, and support ChinaAid’s fight for religious freedom now!

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#EarlyRainChurch #ReligiousFreedomChina #DaiZhichao #StopChinaPersecution #HouseChurchCrackdown

Source: @LindaLuhwfe

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Pastor Wang Cong is an ordained associate pastor of Beijing Zion Church, a prominent unregistered Protestant house-church network in China, who has been detained since October 10, 2025, as part of a coordinated nationwide crackdown targeting approximately 30 church leaders and members.

She was taken from her Beijing home during a night-time raid in which electricity was cut and officers posed as maintenance workers; she remains held in Beihai No. 1 Detention Center in Guangxi under charges that shifted from “illegally using information networks” to fraud.

Separated from her husband Ren Zhong (also a Zion minister) and their young daughter (approximately age 3), she continues to express strong Christian faith through letters from detention.

Video of Daughter on Ferris Wheel Translation:
Mom, this is my first time riding a Ferris wheel. Do you want to ride with us too? I’m riding it together with Grandma Yuan and Dad. Next time, when you go to Beihai, we can ride the Ferris wheel together. Bye-bye! I’m riding so I can look at the mountains in the distance. Because we’re about to go down the mountain. We haven’t gone down yet. I am going to view the scenery. Bye-bye!

#Zion109Case #FreeWangCong #FreeZionEightPastorsAndCoworkers

Footage: https://t.co/dT4XRnbVBU
Source: @Muyang202510

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#释放王聪
#锡安109教案
在北海坐摩天轮，给妈妈录了两个视频，希望下次能有妈妈一起

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@PTBarker2024 Thank you Terry for sharing and raising awareness.

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Brutal Assault on CCP Critic in New York Raises Alarms of Escalating Transnational Repression

ChinaAid raises urgent concerns that recent attacks on CCP critics may signal escalating transnational repression following China’s July 1 Ethnic Unity and Progress Law. On July 15, democracy activist Jie Lijian was beaten unconscious by three men in Flushing, New York, suffering severe head injuries and remaining in intensive care for days.

The assault occurred days after he expanded a lawsuit against the Chinese government over repression.

The timing, Jie’s history, and documented CCP tactics against faith and freedom advocates demand scrutiny.

Stand with the persecuted—share and defend religious freedom against CCP transnational repression today.

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@jielijian we are praying for you.

#CCPTransnationalRepression #ChinaAid #ReligiousFreedom #EthnicUnityLaw #DefendFaithUnderFire

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How China’s Communist Party is tightening its grip on Christianity https://t.co/d9G7oJfYtQ

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Violent Assault on Akio Yaita Exposes Escalating Transnational Repression

On July 6, 2026, veteran Taiwanese-Japanese journalist Akio Yaita was punched in the face outside a Taichung hotel moments after delivering a speech critical of the Chinese Communist Party.

The assailant, a Hong Kong resident with triad ties, fled toward the airport but was arrested the same day. Taiwanese authorities classified the attack as a national-security matter linked to Beijing’s influence operations—the first violent case of transnational repression under China’s new Ethnic Unity Law.

Yaita, one of the Chinese-speaking world’s most outspoken CCP critics, suffered a bloody lip yet refused to yield. “This incident won’t make me back down,” he declared, vowing to keep writing and speaking for freedom. The swift police response underscores the growing threat of Beijing’s overseas intimidation tactics against those who challenge its power.

Stand with courage against CCP repression—share Yaita’s story, demand accountability, and support ChinaAid’s fight for freedom worldwide.

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Source: @Yaita_Akio, https://t.co/hxB3TDPEPf

#CCPTransnationalRepression #AkioYaitaAssault #DefendFreeSpeech #StopBeijingIntimidation

Attention: @ChingteLai

[矢板明夫 @Yaita_Akio]

今天，許多媒體都在討論昨天我在台中遇襲的事件。大家之所以高度關注，不只是因為我被打，而是很多人都感到了恐懼。尤其是嫌犯被查出具有犯罪前科，涉及幫派背景。這樣的人來到台灣，從事暴力犯罪，值得整個社會提高警覺。

我把這類人稱為「香港快閃打手」。他們擁有能夠自由出入台灣的香港身分證。執行快閃式暴力任務：短時間入境、鎖定目標、迅速犯案，然後立即離境。真正策劃、指使的人，卻始終躲在幕後，不必露面，也不用承擔風險。對幕後的人而言，只要花一筆錢，就可能對台灣社會造成巨大的寒蟬效應。

如果這種模式沒有被及時遏止，今天被攻擊的是時政評論人，明天就可能是政治人物、學者，甚至任何公開表達與中共不同意見的台灣人。當人們開始擔心「說一句話就可能挨打」，受傷的就不只是個人，而是整個台灣的言論自由。

因此，我希望政府正視兩個問題。

第一，不能只把這類案件當作一般傷害罪看待。這種暴力行為如果具有恫嚇公共言論、製造社會恐懼的效果，就應該依法徹底調查，讓施暴者付出足夠的代價。除了刑事責任之外，也應透過民事求償，提高犯罪成本，讓任何人都知道，「打一拳就走」絕不是一筆划算的交易。

第二，應重新檢討入境安全機制。絕大多數香港朋友熱愛自由、遵守法律，也是台灣珍貴的朋友，這一點毫無疑問。但如果是具有重大暴力犯罪紀錄，或屬於高風險的對象，相關單位就應建立更完善的風險評估制度，避免有人利用台灣開放自由的環境從事暴力犯罪。

民主社會最重要的，不只是可以自由說話，更是人民不必因為說話而活在恐懼之中。當暴力成為壓制言論的工具，每一個台灣人都可能成為受害者。

這次事件不會讓我退縮，反而讓我更加確信，我必須繼續站出來。我會繼續寫文章、演講、做節目，繼續為言論自由發聲。不僅僅是為了我自己，更是希望也能盡一份力量，守護大家「免於恐懼的自由」。

請大家一起關注這個問題，支持司法要依法究責，支持政府補強制度漏洞，不要讓「香港快閃打手」成為威脅台灣民主社會的新模式。

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Thank you for your faithful prayers! Lawyer Wu Shaoping was released on bond on July 24th!
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Chinese human rights lawyer Wu Shaoping, who fled China after years of defending religious believers and other victims of persecution, remains in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after being detained on July 15 during an immigration enforcement action while Wu was delivering Amazon packages.

Wu has reportedly complied with U.S. immigration requirements while his asylum case remains pending and is awaiting immigration proceedings.

Deporting Wu to China would likely place him at immediate risk of arrest, lengthy imprisonment, and torture because of the Chinese government’s longstanding persecution of human rights lawyers.

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#WuShaoping #ChineseHumanRightsLawyer #FreeWuShaoping #StopDeportToChina #ReligiousFreedom

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Why Does Pastor John Cao Wear a POW-MIA Cap?

Pastor John Cao, still denied a passport two years after completing a seven-year prison sentence for frontier missionary work, now faces late-stage prostate cancer and a spinal tumor. After chemotherapy stripped his hair, the 67-year-old wears a cap everywhere.

Reflecting on how General MacArthur honored POWs Wainwright and Percival with pens at Japan’s surrender, Cao connects this U.S. respect for prisoners of war to China’s “Prisoners of the Heavenly Kingdom.”

He said: “Two years ago, after seven years as a ‘prisoner of war,’ I returned to my mother’s side. Many fellow believers came to welcome me. Facing the flowers, I composed a poem on the spot:

What an honor it is to be chosen as a prisoner of war;
I have walked the apostles’ path through a trail of blood.
I must guard against becoming arrogant amid the praise;
I will be broken once more to achieve new victories.”

Stand with Pastor Cao—pray for healing, share his story, and urge your senators to demand his safe return home today.

#FreePastorJohnCao #PrayForPastorCao #EndExitBanChina #ReligiousFreedomChina #NotForgotten

Source: Prisoners of War: Not Forgotten Even for a Moment by Pastor John Cao Sanqiang (English Translation) July 16, 2026

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Thank you so much for sharing your honest question, Morgan—it’s a thoughtful one that many people wrestle with when they first learn about the situation.

ChinaAid is an international Christian nonprofit dedicated to promoting religious freedom and the rule of law in China for all faiths through verified reporting, advocacy, and support for the persecuted.

What is happening is not a blanket opposition to Christianity itself, but a systematic effort by the Chinese Communist Party to bring every expression of faith under its complete control through a policy called “Sinicization of religion.”

This policy, documented in detail by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedom Reports, and ChinaAid’s own casework, requires that religious groups—including churches—align their doctrine, leadership, worship practices, and even architecture with CCP ideology and “socialist core values.”

Independent house churches that refuse to register under these terms (because doing so would mean placing Party loyalty above Scripture and conscience) are labeled illegal, raided, and their pastors often imprisoned on charges such as “illegal business operations” or “endangering national security.” The result is that ordinary acts of worship, Bible study, or online preaching are reframed as non-compliance.

This short video from our 2025 Annual Report series explains the institutional shift clearly: https://t.co/qQvwxU7Tbj.

We warmly invite you to read the full 2025 Annual Report for the verified evidence and patterns: https://t.co/2h9d7JFxgT, and to download our free eBook of real letters written by pastors currently in prison in China: https://t.co/C79K8rcX8m.

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From House Church Raids to US Soil: CCP's Escalating Transnational Attacks on Faith and Freedom

ChinaAid is raising concerns that a series of incidents involving critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may signal an escalation in transnational repression following the July 1 implementation of China's new Ethnic Unity and Progress Law. The new law could broaden Beijing's authority to pursue organizations and individuals outside mainland China. Within two weeks of the law taking effect, four notable incidents involving prominent CCP critics in Taiwan and the United States raised fresh questions about whether Beijing's overseas pressure campaign may be entering a more aggressive phase.

Four reported incidents of alleged repression:

Violent Assault on Taiwanese-Japanese Journalist Akio Yaita
On July 6, renowned journalist Akio Yaita (矢板明夫), a dual citizen of Taiwan and Japan and one of the best-known critics of the CCP in the Chinese-speaking world, was violently assaulted in Taichung, Taiwan. Taiwanese law enforcement immediately launched an investigation and arrested the alleged assailant — a Hong Kong resident — later that same day while he was attempting to flee through Taichung International Airport.

Home of Rev. Zhang Boli Ransacked in Southern California
On Sunday, July 12, while preaching at church, Rev. Zhang Boli, a U.S. citizen, returned home to discover that his residence in Corona, California, had been systematically burglarized and completely ransacked, as Boli recounted in a recent video and in a letter to public officials.

Cross-Border Coercion Against Overseas Christians
Following the July 11 mass raids against house churches in Yueyang, Hunan Province, senior officials from the Yueyang Public Security Bureau reportedly warned the husband of Texas resident Zhang Mei that unless his wife and daughter returned to China, his retirement pension could be jeopardized.

Brutal Assault on Democracy Activist Jie Lijian in New York
On July 15, Jie Lijian, Chairman of the China Democracy Party International Alliance, was brutally attacked by three unidentified men in Flushing, New York, per multiple news reports. He suffered severe head injuries, remained unconscious in intensive care for more than two days, and continues recovering.

ChinaAid views reported CCP transnational repression as a growing threat to U.S. democratic institutions, the rights of Americans, and the rule of law.

#CCPTransnationalRepression #ChinaAid #TransnationalRepression #CCPWarOnFaith #ChineseDissidents

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Tiananmen Pastor’s Family Treasures Trampled in Possible Transnational Attack

On July 12, 2026, while Pastor Zhang Boli preached at Ontario and Arcadia churches, intruders smashed a tempered-glass door at his Los Angeles-area home, disabled surveillance and the internet, and systematically pried open every room, cabinet, and drawer.

They stole watches—including gifts from Taiwanese leaders and fellow pastors—cash, electronics, and his wife’s jewelry. Her 1997 wedding dress was found trampled in the debris.

A 1989 Tiananmen student leader on China’s most-wanted list who escaped, converted to Christianity, and received U.S. asylum, Zhang has no personal enemies and lives a life of nonviolent ministry. He reported the incident to Congress and the FBI.

Coming days after China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law took effect with extraterritorial reach, the thorough, humiliating raid underscores vulnerabilities faced by exiled religious advocates who continue speaking for China’s persecuted house churches.

Stand with Pastor Zhang; share this story, urge stronger U.S. protections for asylees, and pray for religious freedom now.

https://t.co/2iVmGWw5f5

#ReligiousFreedomChina #PastorZhangBoli #TransnationalRepression #ProtectExiledPastors #ChinaAidUncensored

Sources:
@zhangboli198964
@張伯笠談天說地 (youtube)

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Wu Shaoping escaped China’s repression, only to get busted by ICE in Pa.

The U.S.’s reputation as a safe haven for the world’s dissidents takes another hit with Pennsylvania’s arrest of a Chinese human rights lawyer.

“He was so inspired by these persecuted Christians that he represented, and he felt a conviction to follow Christ,” said Wu’s close friend, @BobFu4China of @chinaaid

https://t.co/JsG6ksLIDp

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ChinaAid is an international Christian nonprofit dedicated to promoting religious freedom and the rule of law in China for all faiths through verified reporting, advocacy, and support for the persecuted.
We respectfully note that https://t.co/O3wvdUGL4L focuses exclusively on religious freedom and human rights inside China and does not conduct any humanitarian or aid work in Africa; the organization referenced in connection with rice distribution in Côte d’Ivoire appears to be a different entity with a similar name.

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