Shandong Government Exacts Fierce Retaliation Against Family of Blind Legal Activist Chen Guangcheng
By Christian Newswire Thursday, April 25, 2013
LINYI, Shandong, China,—In apparent retaliation for the testimony of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng at a Congressional hearing two weeks ago, authorities in his home province of Shandong have exacted fierce retaliation against two of his brothers and a sister-in-law.
Henan House Church Revival Meeting Raided, U.S. Church Leader Under House ArrestBy Christian Newswire Monday, April 22, 2013
NANYANG, Henan, China,—A well-known U.S. church leader, Dennis Balcombe was being held by police under house arrest following a Saturday raid on a house church revival meeting and his current whereabouts are unknown, ChinaAid has learned.
China: Ten-Year-Old Girl Detained, Denied Food and WaterBy Christian Newswire Monday, April 15, 2013
HEFEI CITY, ANHUI PROVINCE, China, —February 27, 2013 began like any other school day for ten-year-old Zhang Anni. Little did she know that this day she would be ordered to the principal’s office, whisked away by four unidentified men, and detained without food or water, and without knowing where her father was, for 20 hours. Anni’s crime? Her father, activist Zhang Lin, had exposed government corruption.
Notorious Camp a “Pioneer” in Torture and BrainwashingBy News on the Net Wednesday, April 10, 2013
NEW YORK— As Chinese censors rush to delete mention of a daring 14-page exposé of torture, forced labor, and political persecution at Masanjia Labor camp published in a Chinese magazine last week, the Falun Dafa Information Center urges foreign media to dig deeper, for there is much more to this story.
China: Woman Dies After Forced Sterilization
By Christian Newswire Monday, April 8, 2013
DABANCHENG VILLAGE, Hubei Province, China, —A mother of two died after a forced sterilization, which took place against a doctor’s orders, Women’s Rights in China reports.
On March 19, a doctor at Tongshan County warned that sterilizing Shen Hongxia would be life-threatening. Nevertheless, local Family Planning Officers forcibly sterilized her, in order to avoid an “illegal pregnancy.” Shen Hongxia, 42, died, leaving behind her husband and two children, one of whom is two years old.
The Family Planning Bureau and the Village Committee attempted to cover up their criminal responsibility by making an agreement to compensate the family by installments, and to build them a house. Family members felt forced to sign the agreement, as they saw no other way to seek relief.
Cao Ruyi, Whose Near-Forced Abortion Case Grabbed World HeadlinesBy Christian Newswire Monday, March 18, 2013
CHANGSHA, HUNAN, China, —One of the pregnant Chinese women who made international headlines last summer when family planning officials tried to forcibly abort her at five months has given birth to a boy and written a thank-you letter to U.S. Congressman Chris Smith for his personal intervention that helped assure her safety.
China Weaponizes CyberspaceBy Arnold Ahlert Thursday, February 21, 2013
A damning, 60-page report released by American computer security firm Mandiant reveals that a 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai is most likely the epicenter of ongoing cyber attacks perpetrated against a number of American corporations and government agencies, as well as entities such as power grids, gas lines and water works. The building, located in a run-down section of the city, is the headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Unit 61398. A 2010 report by Mandiant questioned whether the Chinese government was directly involved in such hacking. No longer. “The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations convince us that the groups conducting these activities are based primarily in China and that the Chinese Government is aware of them,” the report states.A damning, 60-page report released by American computer security firm Mandiant reveals that a 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai is most likely the epicenter of ongoing cyber attacks perpetrated against a number of American corporations and government agencies, as well as entities such as power grids, gas lines and water works. The building, located in a run-down section of the city, is the headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Unit 61398. A 2010 report by Mandiant questioned whether the Chinese government was directly involved in such hacking. No longer. “The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations convince us that the groups conducting these activities are based primarily in China and that the Chinese Government is aware of them,” the report states.
China - Baby Crushed to Death During One-Child Policy EnforcementBy Christian Newswire Friday, February 15, 2013
WENZHOU CITY, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, China, —A thirteen month old baby was crushed to death under a car containing family planning officials in Dongshantou Village near Wenshou City on Monday. Eleven officials were attempting to collect a fine from a couple who had allegedly violated China’s One Child Policy.
Secret Note Found in Kmart Holiday Decorations Reveals Labor Camp Horrors
By News on the Net Thursday, December 27, 2012
NEW YORK – A US newspaper reports that a letter hand-written by a prisoner in one of China’s most notorious labor camps was secretly stuffed into a holiday decoration product that was purchased at Kmart (story). Published on Christmas Day, the newspaper corroborates numerous testimonies from labor camp survivors taken over the last decade of how, under brutal conditions, Chinese prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, are forced to make products often sold in the West.
ChinaAid Obtains Secret Central Committee Document Ordering Crackdown on EvangelismBy Christian Newswire Wednesday, December 19, 2012
BEIJING,—ChinaAid on Tuesday released a secret Communist Party Central Committee document it had obtained that contains detailed instructions for a nationwide crackdown on evangelism on college and university campuses and among students, confirming that China’s leadership at the highest levels is behind the increased Christian persecution of recent years.
Chen Guangcheng Releases Video - Forced Abortion in China ‘Still Extensively Exists’By Christian Newswire Monday, December 3, 2012
NEW YORK, —Blind activist Cheng Guangcheng, whose dramatic escape from house arrest and flight to New York captured the attention of the world in May of this year, has issued a powerful video to call the Chinese Communist Party to account for crimes committed against the Chinese people. These include crimes committed against Chen’s own family, especially Chen Kegui, Chen’s nephew who was just given a 3-year jail sentence for defending himself when officials broke into his house and savagely beat him and his parents. Instead of improving, Chen said that “the human rights situation in China is, in fact, getting worse . . . in China, no one is safe.”
Police Detain 9 Christians, Send Two to Labor Camp for Holding Free Medical Clinics & EvangelizingBy Christian Newswire Saturday, December 1, 2012
ULANHOT, Inner Mongolia, —Nine Christians providing medical services in rural areas of Inner Mongolia were detained by local police who also confiscated medical equipment and sentenced two of the Christians to labor camp.
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