Media Coverage

Oct 2025 crackdown (articles):

1. Christians in Fear as China Arrests Leaders, Newsmax, Oct 16, 2025
2. China is rounding up Christian leaders, The Economist, Oct 16, 2025
3. China arrested 30 Christians. Some fear it's the start of a bigger crackdown, BBC, Oct 15, 2025
4. China condemned over arrest of 30 Christians, The Times, Oct 15, 2025 
5. Daughter Of Detained Pastor Warns Of A Coming ‘Wave’ Of Christian Persecution In Communist China, The Daily Wire, Oct 14, 2025
6. BBC Newshour Podcast (starting 39:20), Oct 15
7. Känd Kinapastor gripen i största tillslaget mot husförsamlingar på 40 år, Dagen, Oct 14, 2024
8. China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown, Reuters, Oct 14, 2025
9. China detains prominent 'underground' pastor in crackdown, France 24, Oct 13, 2025
10. An Influential Pastor and 30 Leaders From China’s Largest Underground Church Are Arrested or Missing, Relevant Magazine, Oct 13, 2025
11. US calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church, BBC, Oct 13, 2025
12. Beijing’s crackdown on  ‘underground’ churches is a damning sign of weakness, New York Post, Oct 13, 2025 
13. Pastors and staff from underground church are arrested in China, NPR, Oct 13, 2025
14. China Arounds Up Christian Pastors, Wall Street Journal Opinion, October 12, 2025
15. China Detains Prominent Underground Pastor, Complicating Ties With U.S., Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2025
16. China Detains Dozens of Members of Underground Church, New York Times, October 11, 2025
17. China Detains Pastor of Prominent House Church, Christianity Today, October 11 2025
18. China crackdown sees pastor of prominent underground church detained, Associated Press, October 2025. Syndicated in the Washington Post, the Independent,  and elsewhere
19. Nearly 30 Pastors and Members of Zion Church Across China Faced Raids, Lost Communications and Arrests, Drawing Concern, ChinaAid, October 10, 2025
20. Chinese underground church pastor, father of US citizens, detained by authorities, family says, Fox News, October 11, 2025
21. Authorities Raid Multiple Zion Church Locations in China, International Christian Concern, July 3, 2025

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Oct 2025 crackdown (Support statements):

USCIRF Condemns Nationwide Detention of Church Leaders across China, October 16, 2025

Human Rights Foundation Tweet, October 15, 2025

UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief David Smith MP, Oct 15, 2025

Sen. Ted Budd Tweet, Oct 15, 2025

Sen. Tom Cotton Tweet, October 15, 2025

Sen. Jim Risch Tweet, October 14, 2025

Sen. John Cornyn Tweet, October 13, 2025

Sen. Todd Young Tweet, October 13, 2025

State Department Official Press Statement, October 12, 2025

Marco Rubio Tweet, X (Twitter), October 12, 2025

Mike Pence tweet, X (Twitter), October 11 2025

Ted Cruz retweet 

Mike Pompeo tweet, X (Twitter), October 11 2025

China Select tweet, X (Twitter), October 11 2025

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2019-2025:

Banned church in China faces closures, detentions, Christian Daily, June 11, 2025

'We are scared but we have Jesus': China and its war on Christianity, The Guardian, September 28, 2018

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2018 crackdown:

With wider crackdowns on religion, Xi's China seeks to put state stamp on faith, The Washington Post, September 16, 2018

China Bans Zion, Beijing's Largest House Church, Christianity Today, September 10, 2018

China outlaws large underground Protestant church in Beijing, Reuters, September 10, 2018

China bans popular underground Protestant church in Beijing, Al Jazeera, September 10, 2018

China wages war on Jesus, New York Post, September 10, 2018

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Pre-2018:

Profiled in The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao, April 11, 2018

China's banned churches defy a regime, The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2011

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