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  • August 2008

    • China Seizes US Missionaries' Bibles

      Associated Press  |  Aug 18, 08 8:36 AM CDT

      China Seizes US Missionaries' Bibles

      (AP) - Four American Christians whose Bibles were confiscated by authorities are refusing to leave a Chinese airport until the books are returned. The Vision Beyond Borders group had planned to distribute 315 Chinese-language Bibles during the Olympics, but religious proselytizing is banned in China, reports AP. Bibles in China are legally printed at just one plant , which is run by a government-backed Christian association. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Bible  • Chinese Communist party  • religious freedom

    • Bush: 'Deep Concerns' on Rights in China

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 7, 08 8:19 AM CDT

      Bush: 'Deep Concerns' on Rights in China

      (Newser) - President Bush landed in Beijing today for the Olympics’ opening ceremony, but not before outlining his “deep concerns” about human rights in the Chinese regime. “America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human-rights advocates, and religious activists,” Bush said in a speech in Bangkok hours before boarding the plane. More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • human rights  • religious freedom

  • July 2008

    • Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jul 2, 08 8:51 PM CDT

      Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

      (Newser) - China officially sanctions religious worship only at state facilities, but the Christian Science Monitor finds that plenty of wiggle room exists in the business world. It profiles one company whose Christian CEO is allowed to put up a church at every worksite. Why such accommodation in a formally atheist state? The company, SMIC, makes semiconductors, an area of production China is desperate to increase for its domestic electronics industry. More »

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      China  • technology  • Christianity  • electronics  • religious freedom  • atheism  • religious conflict  • semiconductor chip

  • March 2008

    • Pope Knocks China on Good Friday

      Reuters  |  Mar 21, 08 8:35 PM CDT

      Pope Knocks China on Good Friday

      (Newser) - Pope Benedict took aim at China's lack of religious freedom at a Good Friday procession in Rome today, Reuters reports. "In many parts of the world, (the Church) is undergoing the dark hour of persecution," the Pope said, using words penned by a cardinal who has blasted China's policies. A Chinese woman shouldered the cross for part of the procession, which was broadcast to 39 countries. More »

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      China  • al-Qaeda  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Osama bin Laden  • Rome  • Easter  • religious freedom  • religious persecution

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