China To Introduce Draconian Regulations May 1st To Stamp Out Christianity
By Michael Snyder/End of the American Dream April 15, 2025
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For more than a billion people living in China, freedom of religion does not exist. So those that do wish to worship as they please must do it in secret, and if they are discovered the consequences can be extremely severe.
This week, China is in the news because it is suddenly engaged in a massive trade war with the United States. But most of the time, people living in the western world don't pay much attention to what is really going on inside China, and so very few actually know about the absolutely horrifying things that are being done to Christians by the communist Chinese government.
If you are a Christian that does not live in China, I would recommend avoiding the country for the foreseeable future, because practicing your faith in China could get you arrested. New regulations that just went into effect totally ban foreigners "from preaching, sharing their faith, or establishing religious organizations without official government approval"...
New regulations released this week by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) impose severe restrictions on missionary activity in the country, according to Chinese state media and representatives of the Chinese Communist Party.
The regulations, which take effect May 1, prohibit foreigners from preaching, sharing their faith, or establishing religious organizations without official government approval.
Justifying these regulations, Chinese state media claimed that the newly revised rules promote national security--a common justification for CCP persecution of religion--and help to protect "normal religious activities," referring to activities run under strict government oversight as part of state-run religious institutions.
This is just the latest attempt to crack down on "unauthorized" religious activity in China.
The Chinese government openly admits that it "intensified efforts to dismantle cult organizations in 2024"...
Earlier this year, the Chinese government issued a report boasting about the increased persecution of independent religious groups in 2024.
"China's public security authorities intensified efforts to dismantle cult organizations in 2024," reported the Global Times, a state-run media outlet. "They have worked to curb the growth and spread of cult organizations, mitigating potential threats to national political security and maintaining social stability."
To the Chinese, any religious organization that is not controlled by the government is considered to be a "cult".
If you consider yourself to be a Christian in China, you are only legally permitted to attend certain types of state-controlled churches...
The protestant Three Self Church and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association are prominent examples of these state-run institutions. They work to promote CCP propaganda and the personality cult surrounding country President Xi Jinping through songs, sermons, and community events.
Independent house churches, which operate outside the state-sponsored system, are often raided, and their members are arrested on charges of working against the interests of the state.
It has been estimated that there are more than 100 million Christians in China, and independent house churches are extremely popular.
But when a house church is discovered, the leaders are often arrested and taken to secret interrogation facilities...
Authorities in China are detaining Christians in secretive, mobile "transformation" facilities to make them renounce their faith, RFA has learned.
A member of a Christian "house church" in the southwestern province of Sichuan who asked to be identified by a pseudonym Li Yuese said he was held in a facility run by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United Front Work Department, working in tandem with the state security police, for 10 months after a raid on his church.
"It was a mobile facility, that could just set up in some basement somewhere," Li said. "It was staffed by people from several different government departments."
Li claims that he was beaten, abused and tortured in a very small windowless room for almost 10 months...
Li said he was held in a windowless room for nearly 10 months, during which time he was beaten, verbally abused and "mentally tortured" by staff, eventually resorting to self-harm by throwing himself against a wall.
His account is chillingly similar to those of former inmates of "transformation" camps in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Ultimately, Li is one of the fortunate ones.
Many Christians that are grabbed by authorities are never seen again.
Chinese officials are hoping to eventually make religion of as little importance as possible in China.
The CCP has previously launched a campaign to forcibly removed crosses from churches, replaced images of Christ with images of Chinese President and CCP leader Xi Jinping, required churches to display CCP slogans at entrances and exits, "censored religious texts" and "imposed CCP-approved religious materials" on Christians, and ordered clergy and ministers to preach CCP propaganda.
One of the ways that they hope to stop the spread to the next generation is by banning all children from participating in religious activities...
Children under 18 are constitutionally prohibited from having any formal religious affiliation in China. There is also a ban on religious education, including Sunday schools, religious summer camps and other forms of youth religious groups. Schools focus on promoting non-religion and atheism, and many children join CCP-affiliated youth groups, where they must pledge commitment to atheism.
That is evil on a level that I don't even have the words to describe.
We need to understand who we are dealing with.
As they continue to grow in power, the Chinese would love to start imposing their "values" on the entire globe.
Originally published at End Of The American Dream
