51 Christians Detained in Xinjiang, One Young Mother Sentenced

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January 5, 2009
XINJIANG – At 1 p.m. local time on January 2, 2009, a house church in Shayibake District of Urimuqi city, Xinjiang Autonomous Region was raided by a number of Public Security Bureau (PSB) […]

“Statement of Indictment for Administrative Litigation” Filed by Wang Dao

STATEMENT OF INDICTMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION
To: Haizhu District People’s Court
December 18, 2008
Plaintiff: Wang Dao.  Male.  Han Nationality.  ID No.: 460025197709294515
Address: Room 203, No. 11, North Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou.
Tel: 15918569944
Defendant: Haizhu District Bureau for Ethnic Religious Affairs of City of Guangzhou
Legal representative: Huang Guoqiang
Tel: 84420714
Address: 1, Baogang Blvd. Haizhu District. 510220
Litigant Requests
1.  We request […]

Guangzhou House Church Pastor Wang Dao’s Case Against Persecution Accepted by Court

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Media Contact: Katherine Cason (267) 210-8278 or Katherine@ChinaAid.org
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Notification of Administrative Penalty by RAB of Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong against Liangren church

Notification of Administrative Penalty
 
Hai Min Zong Fa Zi (2008) No. 2
 
 
Wang Dao:
 
Because you organized and held religious activities at a site not approved for religious activities (Second floor, No. 11 of Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District) on the morning of December 14, 2008,  pursuant to Article 43 of the “Regulations on Religious Affairs,” this […]

List of Submitted Pieces of Evidence (Plaintiff) by Liangren church to Haizhu District People’s Court of Guangzhou, Guangdong

List of Submitted Pieces of Evidence (Plaintiff)
 

Serial No.

Name of Evidence

No. of Pages

Proposed Facts to be Proven

1

Decision Statement of Administrative Penalty

1

Facts on which the administrative penalty is based

2

Notification of Administrative Penalty

1

Facts on which the administrative penalty is based

3

List of Temporarily Seized Items

1

Status on the seized items.

4

House Rental Agreement

1

Status of the […]

51 Christians Detained in Xinjiang, One Young Mother Sentenced

ChinaAid
Media Contact: Katherine Cason (267) 210-8278 or Katherine@ChinaAid.org
Washington, D.C. Contact: Jenny McCloy (202) 213-0506 or Jenny@ChinaAid.org
Website: www.ChinaAid.org and www.MonitorChina.org
Fax: (432) 686-8355
January 5, 2009
XINJIANG – At 1 p.m. local time on January 2, 2009, a house church in Shayibake District of Urimuqi city, Xinjiang Autonomous Region was raided by a number of Public Security Bureau (PSB) […]

Outspoken China Critic to Step Down from Top Church Post

Outspoken China Critic to Step Down from Top Church Post
By The Associated Press The Associated Press Sun, Dec, 28 2008 11:17 AM PT
HONG KONG – Cardinal Joseph Zen said the Vatican has approved his decision to step down as head of the Hong Kong diocese next year to spend more time monitoring Catholic churches in […]

China ‘in Political Dead End’

 
2009-01-03
Bao Tong, a former top Communist Party official, says China’s political system has a disastrous lack of checks and balances, calling it a terrifying juggernaut.
AFP
A brand new statue of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, who founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, is completed in Chongqing, October 2008.
A series of changes in policy, and in […]

Islamists attack two Churches in Pakistan

Islamists attack two Churches in Pakistan

Source:  www.assistnews.net
Date:  2009-01-04
By Dan Wooding and Sheraz Khurram Khan Special report
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Islamist fundamentalists in the Pakistani city of Karachi in the Pakistani province of Sindh attacked two churches on the eve of New Year.
Unidentified militants forcibly entered in Christ Awami Church located […]

The Church: Flawed and Finished (5)

 
February 10th, 2008 by iMonk
This is the last post on the subject of the Church: Flawed and Finished. The others are directly below. I will be doing an F.A.Q. post on the topic.
1, 2, 3, 4.
What is the connection between the flawed church in history and the completed, finished perfect body of Christ?
Is […]

The Church: Flawed and Finished (4)

 
February 9th, 2008 by iMonk
Before moving on into more posts on the relationship of the historical church and the ideal church, I want to ask and briefly answer some questions.
1. To what extent is the historical church flawed?
Like the human beings that make up the church, the historical church is fallen, sinful and affected […]

“Statement of Indictment for Administrative Litigation” Filed by Wang Dao

STATEMENT OF INDICTMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION
To: Haizhu District People’s Court
December 18, 2008
Plaintiff: Wang Dao.  Male.  Han Nationality.  ID No.: 460025197709294515
Address: Room 203, No. 11, North Yiyuan Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou.
Tel: 15918569944
Defendant: Haizhu District Bureau for Ethnic Religious Affairs of City of Guangzhou
Legal representative: Huang Guoqiang
Tel: 84420714
Address: 1, Baogang Blvd. Haizhu District. 510220
Litigant Requests
1.  We request […]

Closer ties, military included, between Beijing and Taipei

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou reiterates his détente policy towards the mainland. Chinese President Hu Jintao calls even for military cooperation between the two sides to further ease tensions. However, the mainland’s anti-secession law and hundreds of missiles targeting the island remain in place.  
Taipei (AsiaNews/Agencies) – After years of tensions more and more statements […]