From PNW:
In today’s China, the Cross is increasingly under attack–not just as a religious symbol, but as a defiant declaration that there is a King greater than the Communist Party. In churches across the nation, facial recognition cameras now line the walls–even at the pulpit–transforming sacred spaces into surveillance zones. What should be holy ground has become an extension of state power. Under the rule of Xi Jinping, worship is no longer private–it is being watched, recorded, and weaponized.
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Why is China doing this? Because biblical Christianity poses a threat no totalitarian regime can tolerate. It proclaims absolute truth. It claims ultimate authority in Jesus Christ, not the state. And perhaps most dangerously to the Communist Party, it offers people hope that cannot be manufactured or controlled. In a time of deep economic pain, rising inflation, and growing student-led protests, the CCP sees the church as both a target–and a threat.