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Distributed by ChinaAid, February, 2018 ...
YILI, XINJIANG, CHINA – In China’s politically restive Xinjiang region, government personnel tore Christian banners framing two church member’s doors on Saturday.
Wang Guoqun, a local Christian, had pasted couplets containing the Chinese character “love” and a cross. It is common for Chinese people to post couplets, or red banners typically containing poetry, around their doors. Local officials are forcing Kazakh and Uyghur residents to buy couplets to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, but two security guards went to Wang’s house, told her no Christian couplets were allowed in their jurisdiction and tore the banners ...
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