How China Tried to Dismantle a Major Underground Church
The Anatomy of a Chinese Church Crackdown
Videos and photographs show how the Chinese authorities have tried to dismantle Zion Church, a Christian network with branches across the country.
One pastor was at an airport in Shanghai. Another was in the rural outskirts of Beijing. Another was at home in Guangxi, in southwestern China.
In early October, they were all detained, alongside nearly 30 other pastors and church members across China, as the police rounded up people affiliated with Zion Church, one of the country’s largest unofficial Protestant congregations.
It was the most wide-ranging crackdown on Chinese Christians in years, according to activists and supporters. And many fear it is just beginning.
