Attorneys arrested as trial begins
By Ningmeng --
April 17, 2025, was the trial date for Pastor Wang Xiaoguang and his wife, Pastor Yang Rongli, of the Linfen Golden Lampstand...
China: Government takes over, occupies local church
By Gao Zhensai --
A church in Huainan City, Anhui Province, has been subjected to government persecution, with nine Christians, including the pastor, being arrested.
On...
China boasts about increasing persecution of Christians
In statements on social media and state-owned media platforms, China is celebrating an increase in government persecution of religious minorities in 2024.
The Chinese...
China: Woman arrested for developing Christian app
A prayer letter circulating among house churches in China describes the situation of a
young Christian sister who was taken away by the police due...
Chinese agents in US try to bribe IRS to go after...
In May 2023, “Bitter Winter” reported that Chinese agents in the United States had been caught while trying to bribe an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent...
Police install camera outside pastor’s mom’s house to monitor activities
By Pastor John Cao --
CHANGSHA CITY, China -- On June 4th, the police detained me for over 20 hours without
reason. Today, June 6th, they...
Police warn Christian journalist after release from prison
Citizen journalist Ms. Zhang Zhan was released from Shanghai Women’s Prison on May 13
after serving four years in prison on charges related to her...
Chinese Bible distributor sentenced to 5 Years in prison
In 2021, Chinese authorities arrested 10 Christians for selling and distributing Bibles in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia — an autonomous region...
China: Horror continues in women’s prison
“Bitter Winter” has reported previously on the dreadful situation of women prisoners of
conscience in the Heilongjiang Provincial Women’s Prison, nicknamed “the cemetery of Falun Gong ladies.” Two female Falun...
China seeks to completely ‘eradicate’ this church
After conducting a three-year “general battle” against The Church of Almighty God (CAG), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) initiated another three-year “tough campaign,” aiming at “completely...
