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Vivian Wai-Man Chow, Hong Kong-based Chinese Christian pop artist and actress, recently testified in a World Vision Hong Kong video of how every overseas trip to visit and care for the disadvantaged has been a spiritual journey for her.

Ma Ying-jeou, the President of Taiwan, led a team to the Vatican City to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Franciscan Pope. He frankly admitted his connections with the Catholic Church on his Facebook page, and expressed his pleasant sentiments towards his childhood life at Church in between the lines.

A US survey uncovered the deletion of “appalling data” by China’s Sina microblogging, where 30% of microblogged data were deleted within 30 minutes of posting, which was near Godspeed. This reflected the fear of authorities to the freedom of speech, and their control over speech had been criticized by netizens.

In the past few years, the Chinese government has exerted pressure on the foreign missionaries evangelizing in China. According to the Christian Human Rights Organization, there are only some 200 Korean missionaries who remain in China, and who are currently in preparation to leave China under pressure from the local authorities.

In recent days, Beijing Watchtower Church held their Sunday service outdoor due to pressures received from the local authorities, which aroused some criticisms on their methods; Rev. Liu Tong Su, who has been keeping a close watch on the house church development in China, wrote an article in response.