Communists Use COVID as Pretext for Persecution: Xi’s China Church Crackdown Worse Than Under Mao

 

Christians in China say the latest wave of persecution against them is worse than what the church experienced during the height of Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Christians have suffered ongoing pressures under President Xi Jinping, but they say government oppression has intensified since the onset of the global Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year.

July 22nd, 2020: A loud knock on the door could be heard at the home of a woman in China’s Xiamen city.  She told the police outside they could not enter her home without a permit.

Moments later, they destroy the lock and entered anyway, breaking up what the government said was an illegal meeting.

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Communists Use COVID as Pretext for Persecution: Xi’s China Church Crackdown Worse Than Under Mao