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Olympics: China Bans Foreign Chaplains – only “official” chaplains allowed (Houston Chronicle)

Posted on August 23, 2008August 23, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

“China’s ruling Communist Party is suspicious of any cause that could compete with its authority, including organized religion. Officially, the party allows worship only at registered churches belonging to a state-controlled organization; nonregistered places of worship are closely monitored. The party also bans foreign chaplains’ holding services without government permission or proselytizing on Chinese soil.”

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CHINA: Underground church activist detained enroute to Christian service Bush was attending (The Independent)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Human rights concerns are underlying the pageantry of the Beijing Olympics where persecution against certain religious groups continues.   Read the full article by Clifford Coonan at http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news-and-features/bush-steps-up-pressure-on-china-with-call-for-religious-freedom-890295.html Here are some excerpts from this article: President George Bush attended a Christian service in Beijing yesterday to call for greater religious freedom in China but, in an…

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Bush to attend church in China, urge religious freedom (AFP)

Posted on August 1, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

EXCERPTS FROM:  http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jTCaQ-QMoHDqK5mk7ao7ryoZGzMw WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President George W. Bush plans to attend church while in China for the opening of the Olympic Games next month, and will speak about freedom of religion, a top aide said Wednesday. “When he goes to church on Sunday (August 10) he will make a statement afterwards in…

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China Responds: “China reject’s Bush’s ‘religious freedom’ remarks” and asks him to stop “interfering” in internal affairs (Xinhuanet)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Administrator

BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao on Wednesday rejected U.S. President George W. Bush’s remarks concerning religion freedom in China, urging the United States to view China’s religious condition with a just and objective attitude. “China is a country under the rule of law, and the Chinese government protects its…

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Economic interdependency quiets voices against Chinese human rights abuses

Posted on April 11, 2008 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

By Michael D. Peabody Last week as it circled the globe, protesters chased the Olympic flame as it traveled to Beijing. That China has been involved in human rights abuses and untoward activities in Tibet is a fact, and a boycott of the Olympics would certainly send a signal to the authorities that the world…

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