For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China, see here.
“Editorial: New regulations for online content cause uncertainty for China’s Christians,” Barnabas Fund, January 18, 2022:
As of March 2022 the Chinese authorities will have greater control over online religious content.
New regulations, which will come into force on 1 March 2022, require organisations and individuals wishing to provide religious information online to gain permission from their local Department of Religious Affairs office.
Foreign organisations and individuals will not be permitted to operate online religious information services within Chinese territory.
Such regulations are understandable in an age in which religious extremists often use online material to radicalise others or to incite violence and terrorism.
Concerns about foreign interference are common to nation states across the world, not just China.
Yet the regulations may have an adverse impact on Chinese Christians who are not planning anything dangerous or subversive.
This is especially the case when churches, of necessity, move their activities online in response to the ongoing Covid-19 situation….
