The New York Times  By ANDREW JACOBS   Published: April 24, 2011 BEIJING — The authorities stepped up a three-week campaign against an underground Christian church on Sunday, detaining hundreds of

VOA News April 24, 2011   Peter Simpson | Beijing Chinese police detained up to 40 Christians who tried to converge at the site of a banned Easter service Sunday and

Treatment of Shouwang Church watched as ‘a test of what may come’ By Ben Blanchard and Chris Buckley 　Reuters 　updated 4/24/2011 4:20:03 AM ET BEIJING — Chinese police detained dozens

BBC News 24 April 2011 Last updated at 11:30 ET At least 20 Chinese Protestants have been detained as they tried to gather for an Easter service in Beijing. The

By Jo Ling Kent, CNN  April 24, 2011 3:48 a.m. EDT Beijing (CNN) — The site of a planned outdoor Easter service at one of China’s largest independent “house” churches

AFP April, 24, 2011 BEIJING (AFP) – Up to 30 members of a Chinese evangelical church were arrested for trying to hold an Easter service in defiance of the officially

China Aid Association (Beijng – April 24, 2011) Beijing police restricted at least 500 Christians to their homes on Sunday in an attempt to prevent one of the capital’s largest

(Beijing – April 23, 2011) Two house church pastors on their way to visit churches for Easter were apprehended Saturday as they were driving on a highway outside Beijing. One