Tag: China
Vatican ‘foreign minister’ doubts speaking out on Hong Kong ‘would make...
Human rights activists have repeatedly urged the Vatican to publicly express its concerns about the actions of the Chinese Communist Party
Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to print last edition on...
The end of the popular 26-year-old tabloid has escalated alarm over media freedom and other rights in the Chinese-ruled city
Concerns grow over health of detained Protestant pastor in China
Pastor Wang was arrested after he published an essay critical of the government’s tight control over religion
China passes law banning ‘defamatory’ speech about military, police
The law bans organizations or individuals from "slandering or derogating the honor of servicemen [and women]"
Amnesty International hits ‘crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang region
The report says most people have stopped praying or showing any outward signs of observing Islam, including grooming, for fear of persecution
China diocese ordains four new priests, stops ordination of one deacon
The priestly ordinations were held in the Cathedral of St. Ignatius in Xujiahui
Budapest names street at planned Chinese university after jailed Chinese Catholic...
The renamed streets will converge at an area where China's Fudan University is planning to open a campus
Hong Kong activists to defy ban on vigil marking anniversary of...
This marks the second year that Hong Kong police have banned the vigil, citing coronavirus restrictions
China lifts cap on births in major policy shift
Recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world's most populous country
China bars US evangelical in response to sanctioning of Chinese official
China imposed sanctions on Johnnie Moore, a former commissioner on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
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