China launches RELIGIOUS WINTER in bid to DESTROY Christianity
CHRISTIANS are preparing for a “harsh religious winter” as the Chinese authorities ban them from travelling in the latest government crackdown.
By KATIE MANSFIELD
Express.co.uk
Thu, Sep 29, 2016
The Chinese Communist Party is tightening its grip on worship and has released a new set of religious restrictions to come into place next month.
All unofficial religious activity will be suppressed with house churches forced to disband and strict travel restrictions in place as China continues its attempt to undermine the Vatican.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is officially atheist with more than half of China’s 1.4billion population not associated with any religion or belief.
Those following one of China’s five officially recognised religions – Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism – and affiliated with one of the corresponding state-sanctioned “patriotic religious associations” are protected in theory from the government’s war on religion.
But newly released documents reveal Christians will not be exempt from the regime’s persecution.
In an attempt at democracy the draft has been sent to the public for consultation before the regulations come into force on October 7.
One of the new rules says it will be an offence to “organise citizens to attend religious trainings, conferences and activities abroad”, “preaching, organising religious activities, and establishing religious institutions or religious sites at schools”, and “providing religious services through the internet”.
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