China’s vast countryside in rush to bolster COVID defences
Shanghai/Beijing, ChinaReuters China’s thinly resourced countryside is racing to beef up medical facilities before millions of factory workers return home for the Lunar New Year holiday next month from cities where COVID-19 is surging. Having imposed the world’s strictest COVID regime of lockdowns and relentless testing for three years, China reversed course this month towards […]
Earthquake in China’s Sichuan kills more than 40, shakes provincial capital
Beijing, China Reuters A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing more than 40 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more distant provinces. Forty-six people were killed in the quake, Chinese state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities at […]
“I must denounce this wickedness openly” – detained Chinese pastor
World Watch Monitor A Chinese pastor and his wife who were arrested alongside 100 church members and detained in southwest China on Sunday are accused of subverting state power, which can carry a prison sentence of up to five years. Pastor Wang Yi and his wife, Jiang Rong, and other members of their ‘underground’ Protestant […]
China cracks down on unofficial church, arresting pastor and 100 members
Morning Star News Authorities in China have detained the pastor and more than 100 members of a prominent, unofficial church since Sunday, according to media and advocacy agencies. Security authorities raided the 800 member Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province at about 6 pm on Sunday, 9th December, and also took some church […]