Videos, testimonies and satellite footage obtained by Le Monde reveal the scale of the crackdown targeting part of the Chinese Christian community.
Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 6:05 am (Paris)
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INVESTIGATIONVideos, testimonies and satellite footage obtained by Le Monde reveal the scale of the crackdown targeting part of the Chinese Christian community.
Activists say the unprecedented round-up could be the beginning of a wider crackdown on China's underground churches.
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