TSPM Online Book Store Self-censors and Avoids Using the Word Christ – International Christian Concern

10/09/2020 China (International Christian Concern) The China Christian Council (CCC) and Three-Self Patriotic Movement, commonly known as the lianghui (two organizations) in China, govern all things for state-sanctioned churches. However, some Christians recently discovered that the word Christ has been removed from all of the publications available for sales on its online bookstore.

According to Ying Fuk-tsang, director of the divinity school at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, he was notified by Chinese Christians that the Christian books on sales at Tianfeng Bookstore on WeChat platform, have their covers altered. The word jidu (Christ) on all the books has been covered with stars or replaced with English letters JD (abbreviated from jidu).

While it is possible that the bookstore owned by lianghui did this in order to avoid censorship from WeChat, since anything religious is becoming increasingly sensitive in cyberspace, this shows that both freedom of speech and religious freedom are deteriorating with each passing day under Xis regime.For interviews, please contact Olivia Miller, Communications Coordinator:press@persecution.org.

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TSPM Online Book Store Self-censors and Avoids Using the Word Christ - International Christian Concern