Tag: China
Chinese officials restrict number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan
For years, officials in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have prohibited Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims from fully observing Ramadan
Christian rights activist in China faces fabricated charges, supporters say
Li Qiaochu, a Christian and labor rights activist in China, has been imprisoned for more than a year for allegedly inciting subversion
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb COVID-19 outbreak
Authorities are imposing a two-phase lockdown of the city of about 25 million people to carry out mass testing
China recruits, trains monitors for online religious content
The online training sessions for would-be "religious content reviewers" include sessions on religious policy and regulation under the Party
Pope Francis’s message to Hong Kong’s Catholics goes viral on social...
The videos, which were posted online with Chinese subtitles, have been viewed thousands of times, less than 24 hours after its release
Pope Francis offers condolences after plane crash in China
The pope sent a condolence telegram to China’s President Xi Jinping on March 22 after China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 crashed on Monday
Unwed and unwanted, Chinese single mothers fight for rights
Millions of single mothers have it rough in a country where out-of-wedlock births are frowned upon
Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as virus surges
Scenes of closed neighborhoods, panic buying and police cordons cast back to the early phase of the pandemic, which first emerged in China
China starts processing licenses for online religious activities
Religious groups seeking to hold online activities should first get an Internet Religious Information Service Permit
China’s biggest COVID surge in two years brings new measures, anxiety
Authorities are now avoiding the implementation of mass city-wide lockdowns seen previously in favor of a more focused response
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