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People attend an Easter vigil service at a Catholic church in Shanghai, China, April 3, 2021.
(Aly Song/Reuters) China is among the worst offenders, but there are many others, as a new report from a Catholic aid organization details.
China is the world’s most active though not yet most vicious persecutor of religious believers. The plight of Muslim Uyghurs confined to reeducation camps has gained global attention. However, the Chinese Communist Party targets members of every faith, including Christians, Buddhists, and Taoists. Like Islam, Christianity is viewed as a foreign, and therefore dangerous, import.
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Earlier this month, Radio Free Asia reported that the Chinese government is attempting to force believers to renounce their faith. RFA interviewed a Christian who was detained in a raid on a house church. He was held and mistreated for ten months in what he described as “a mobile facility, that could just set up in some bas