China clamps down on Christians, fines pastor and wife for running underground church: watchdog
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Pastor Yang Xibo and his wife have been slapped with a 400,000-yuan fine for organizing religious activities in defiance of the Chinese Communist Party, says a watchdog.
Xunsiding Church is the largest house church in Xiamen, a port city on China's southeast coast across a strait from Taiwan. House churches are Christian congregations that have not registered with China's official Protestant or Roman Catholic churches. Jon Brown is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to jon.brown@fox.com.
The fine, which the Christian couple has been battling since 2021, was reportedly doubled on June 28, according to ChinaAid. The two recently announced on social media that they are refusing to pay.
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