China: Communist Cross Demolition Spreads
The demolition of church crosses by Chinese Communists has spread from Wenzhou to Zhejiang province after five Catholic churches had their crosses forcibly removed last week.
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Chinese chaos worse than Greece
A stock market crash there has seen $3.2 trillion wiped from the value of Chinese shares in just three weeks, triggering an emergency response from the government and warnings of “monstrous” public disorder.
Holder Arrives As Protests Continue in Ferguson
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder arrived in Ferguson to lead the investigation into the shooting. It was revealed that Darren Wilson, the police officer whose fatal shooting of Michael Brown touched off more than a week of demonstrations, suffered severe facial injuries, including an orbital (eye socket) fracture, and was nearly beaten unconscious by Brown moments before firing his gun. Meanwhile, Community elders and the clergy were credited with helping to bring “a different dynamic” to protests in this St. Louis suburb, police said as fewer arrests took place.
China Develops New Long Range Missiles
China has acknowledged the existence of a new intercontinental ballistic missile said to be capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads as far as the United States, according to Agence France-Presse.
China Intensifying Persecution of Christians
Chinese authorities are escalating their attacks on churches since they perceive the growth of Christianity as a threat to their communist regime, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
River Turns Bloody Red in China
Last Thursday, a river in China mysteriously turned a blood red color. China’s environmental protection bureau has yet found the cause of the incident, but suspicions are the ‘blood red’ color was a result of illegal dumping.
FBI: Arrested Chinese Hacker Had Intel on U.S. Fighter Jets
A Chinese hacker has been arrested for allegedly stealing highly sensitive information on the United States F-22 and F-35 fighter jet programs.
Chinese Pastor Sentenced to 12 Years
Nanle County Church Pastor Shaojie Zhang was sentenced on July 4 to 12 years in prison in China, according to International Christian Concern.
Evangelicals Are Changing Their Minds on Gay Marriage
Amy Tincher is an evangelical Christian who plays bass in the band at her suburban Ohio church, where she and her fellow congregants firmly believe the “words we adhere to” are those in the Bible. But last summer, without telling her husband and two kids exactly what she was doing, she boarded a plane for a conference in Kansas whose purpose many evangelicals would plainly consider heretical.
BRICS Join to End Dollar Dominance
Russia and China will meet to continue negotiations of its ruble-yuan swap deal next week, in its quest to end the dominance of the dollar, the Voice of Russia reported.
High-Level Cyber Intelligence Center Revealed by Chinese Military
China revealed its cyberspace intelligence research center to facilitate its cyber espionage efforts around the world, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Thousands March Through Hong Kong Demanding Democracy
Thousands of people crowded the streets of Hong Kong organized by “Occupy Central with Love and Peace” to press the mainland China for full democratic elections. Estimates greatly vary from 100,000 to 800,000 assembled advocating free and open elections.
Chinese Gov’t Continues Anti-Christian Campaign
Only one week after Chinese Christians in Wenzhou City fought back against Communist attempts to remove the cross from the roof of their church, government authorities returned and destroyed the cross, according to International Christian Concern.
Chinese Christians Try to Stop Destruction of Cross
Without warning early Wednesday morning, hundreds of government agents armed with a crane but without any legal documents forced their way into the BaiXiang GuanTou Church with the intent of removing the cross from the building’s roof, according to International Christian Concern.
G7 ‘deeply concerned’ at tensions in East, South China Seas
Group of Seven leaders expressed their concern about tensions between China and a number of other Asian countries over resources in the East and South China Seas and warned against any use of force.
World Bank sounds alarm on rising global food prices
World food prices rose in the first quarter of the year for the first time since their all-time high in August 2012, driven by rising demand in China, drought in the United States and unrest in Ukraine.
Private Christians across China to face public persecution
Thousands of Christians who worship in private “underground” churches across China are now facing public persecution, according to International Christian Concern.
Two House Churches Raided in China
China Aid reports raids on two house churches and a home Bible study in Xinjiang last month.
Islamic nations among world’s worst violators of religious freedoms
Of the 15 worst violators of religious freedom in the world, 10 are Islamic states.
Islam Dominates List of Top Persecutors
Eight of the top 10 persecutors of Christians worldwide are Islamic states, according to the Open Doors’ 2013 World Watch List.