Beijing:

China Aid Association president Dr. Bob Fu expressed concern about the persecution of Christians in China, saying it had hit a new low in four decades. According to him, the Communist Party has turned against Christianity and is suppressing the church. According to reports, Chinese censorship is targeting young Christians, with millions of youngsters being compelled to publicly reject their faith. Meanwhile, to evade government monitoring, many house church leaders have gone into hiding.

The Chinese government is forcing churches to install face recognition cameras to monitor their congregations and forbids them from admitting children, youngsters under the age of 18, Communist Party members, public officials, police, or military personnel.

Church leaders in China who oppose Communist authorities may face harsh repercussions. They're replacing religious symbols in government-approved churches with Chinese flags or pictures of President Xi Jinping, a move that is reminiscent of Mao's Red Guards in the 1960s.

To keep an eye on the actions of Chinese Christians, the government is also taking down crosses from church structures and installing digital monitoring. Prayers are asked for the expansion of the Chinese Church and the perseverance of Chinese Christians under persecution.

Under new Chinese legislation, landlords who rent to Christians risk severe penalties, which has caused terror and forced thousands of congregations out of leased space. Police are allowed to pull people over and inspect their devices, looking for anything that can be seen as dangerous, such as Christian websites and Bible applications. 

Uyghur, Kazakh, and Kirghiz people are the subjects of extreme persecution in Xinjiang, China. While church leaders are detained and sent to detention camps, a million people are held captive and tortured. There are deserted suburbs in cities like Urumqi, Hami, and Kashgar, but the government doesn't seem to care much about them.

Prayers are being requested for the Chinese Church to thrive despite persecution, for Chinese Christians to remain faithful, and for the gospel to be spread across China.