Back to the future, China's ideological warfare

[AdamG]

From February -

Chinese Christian churches face new threats as state religious code is revised

Shocking images of a church dynamited by government officials in China, the second to be demolished in recent weeks, may foretell a deeper crisis for Christianity in China today.

The state-run Global Times newspaper said that the gigantic Golden Lampstand Church was “secretly built” in violation of building codes and demolished as part of a citywide campaign “to remove illegal buildings.” It added that eight members of the church had been jailed in 2009 for “illegally occupying farmland” and “disturbing traffic order.”

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