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(71,265 posts) Mon Feb 2, 2015, 04:58 PM Feb 2015

Communist party bans believers in province of ‘China’s Jerusalem’

Jonathan Kaiman

Officials in Zhejiang province, south-east China, will reinforce a ban on admitting new Communist party members who practise religion, suggesting that a protracted crackdown on Christianity in the province will continue.

Last year, Zhejiang officials cracked down on churches Wenzhou, often called “China’s Jerusalem” for its reputation as a religious stronghold and where about an eighth of 8 million residents are Christian, according to state media.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/02/chinese-communist-party-officials-crack-down-believers

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Communist party bans believers in province of ‘China’s Jerusalem’ (Original Post) hrmjustin Feb 2015 OP

But this doesn't happen. okasha Feb 2015 #1

okasha

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1. But this doesn't happen.

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Mon Feb 2, 2015, 06:51 PM

Feb 2015

The Chinese government are only benevolently enforcing the law. Persecution of believers in China is merely a delusion.

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