Stories by Gao Zhensai, China Aid special correspondent on Federal Newswire


Human rights lawyer detained for three years without trial

The period of trial of Guangxi human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei’s case on the “inciting subversion of state power” has been extended several times.


Ji Xiaolong suffers harsh conditions in prison

Chinese dissident Ji Xiaolong was arrested on September 23 by the Shanghai Pudong New District People’s Procuratorate on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” He was allowed to meet with his lawyer for the first time nearly two months after his arrest.


USCIRF commissioner responds to renewed China-Vatican agreement

Last week, the Holy See and the Chinese government renewed the controversial provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops between the Vatican and China


'Too horrible to contemplate': Zhang Haitao sends suspicious letter from prison

(Xinjiang, China—August 2, 2022) After four years of preventing his family from meeting with him and denying correspondence for two years, Zhang’s family recently received another letter from Zhang in prison.


'Remember their names': Early Rain survivor testifies to persecution in China

(Washington, D.C.—July 14, 2022) At the 2022 IRF Summit, ChinaAid invited Ren Ruiting, a former member of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, to give a presentation. Ren gave a three-part testimony on her personal experience of the Chinese government’s persecution of Christian faith communities and individuals.


Imprisoned lawyer subject to forced labor

(Hunan province, China—July 12, 2022) On July 5, the family of Cheng Yuan—one of the founders of Changsha Funeng Organization, an NGO in Hunan, Changsha— received three letters from him.


Christian banned from platform for 'illegal religious content'

Since the implementation of the Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services on March 1, China’s online religious information has been severely censored, and Chinese cyberspace continues to shrink.


Escaped dissidents obtained residence permits in Netherlands

The Chinese Chongqing refugees Wang Jingyu and his wife, who applied for political asylum in the Netherlands, have successfully obtained residence permits. Wang Jingyu expressed his gratitude to ChinaAid Association and its founder and president Bob Fu.


Ethnic Kyrgyz Christian detained and tortured in concentration camp in Xinjiang, relevant details revealed

(Xinjiang/Washington—May 17, 2022) An Ethnic Kyrgyz Christian, a survivor of severe torture in a concentration camp in Xinjiang, arrived in the United States on Friday night of April 8 with his family of three.


Religious freedom will be the next target for Hong Kong

Since the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Law,” significant changes have taken place at all levels of Hong Kong society.


After being banned, officials closed related web pages and social media accounts of Presbyterian church in Shanghai

The Shanghai Xinguang Presbyterian Church, which is independent of the officially registered church, has been included in the banned list of “illegal social organizations” by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau in 2021.


Multiple priests from underground Catholic Church forcibly disappeared in China

Baoding, Hebei is one of the most flourished dioceses for unofficial Catholicism, and it is also the most taboo parish for the Chinese Communist Party.


Chinese citizens continue to protest 'zero-COVID' policy in Shanghai

As the outbreak of the new variant of COVID-19 soars in Shanghai, public resentment has continued to heat up due to the severe pandemic prevention measures.