Cyber Attack Takes Down ChinaAid Association Website
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service MIDLAND, TEXAS (ANS) — The Chinese-language website of ChinaAid Association, which monitors and reports on religious persecution and other human rights abuses in China, and a bilingual companion website have both collapsed under cyber attacks. The assault began Tuesday evening, the group said in a news release on Wednesday. ChinaAid’s Chinese-language website at www.chinaaid.net and its www.monitorchina.org website, which provide Chinese and English material about religious persecution and the rule of law, were both inaccessible as a result of the attacks. ChinaAid said heavy malicious traffic had repeatedly caused the website’s server, located in the United States, to crash. Its technical staff was still working Wed. evening to restore the websites. ChinaAid’s mirror English-language site at www.chinaaid.org, hosted by a different server, has so far been … Read entire article »
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House Church in Bozhou, Anhui, China, Raided, Members Detained
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ANHUI, CHINA (ANS) – ChinaAid is reporting that at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, November 12, 2010, Bozhou Municipal Public Security Bureau in Anhui and Bozhou Bureau of Religion raided a house church on Qingming Street. “More than 10 believers were taken away by the officials; five of them were detained and were not released until that afternoon. Without going through any paperwork, the government officials confiscated items belonging to the church,” said a ChinaAid spokesperson. “In this process of persecution and growth, the Chinese church is encouraged to play well the role of Samaritans, abandon excuses of cowardice and their fears, and bravely face dark and violent forces of the government by adhering to the principles of Christian ethics and morality. They should unite and help each … Read entire article »
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Government Oppression of Chinese House Churches Increases in the Wake of Nobel Peace Prize Announcement
By Michael Ireland Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service BEIJING, CHINA (ANS) — Chinese authorities are stepping up their campaign of harassment and oppression in the wake of the Nobel Peace prize winner announcement and the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. ChinaAid (www.ChinaAid.org ) says the government’s oppression of Beijing Zhongfu Holy Mountain Institute has been steadily increasing. It says the “Holy Mountain” magazine department was raided by Beijing Public Security Bureau on October 27, 2010. ChinaAid reports that the persecution of house churches and non-governmental organizations in Beijing was planned by authorities, after it was announced that a Chinese citizen had won the Nobel Peace Prize and the recent convocation of the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. A large delegation representing the Chinese church was stopped from attending the Congress. “These attacks … Read entire article »
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Chinese Pastor and Bible Study Attendees Attacked and Beaten
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service SHANDONG (ANS) — As a Chinese pastor arrived at his church along with some of his members for a routine morning Bible study, they were attacked and beaten. The reported incident occurred on Oct. 26. According to a news release from ChinaAid, Pastor Zhan Gang of Jiaozhou Church’s attackers were hired by the local Three-Self Patrotic Movement (TSPM) church. ChinaAid said the alleged perpetrators were suspected of being plain-clothed agents. Pastor Zhan is also the general secretary of Chinese House Church Alliance. ChinaAid said the Christians were forcibly removed from the building. The attack was led by the TSPM director’s sons, namely Wang Zhanquan and Wang Zhanhua — both reportedly non-Christians. The director of the Bureau of Religion was directing this operation from behind the scenes. He said … Read entire article »
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Chinese House Churches Raided, Two Foreign Pastors Missing
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries SICHUAN/HENAN, CHINA (ANS) — ChinaAid (www.ChinaAid.org) has told the ASSIST News Service that on Sunday, September 26, 2010, Youqing Church in Qu County, Da Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, was raided by the local police. “Objects were smashed, books were confiscated and people were taken to the local police station,” said a ChinaAid spokesperson. “Their family members were requested to pay money to bail out the detainees. … Read entire article »
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