�[The government] has detained at least four preachers from church groups in Zheijang as a part of a targeted blitz against house churches connected to overseas missions.�
Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By News Desk | September 5, 2017
After the killing of a Chinese man and woman in Balochistan by militants, Beijing is at cross-roads. The two, who landed in Pakistan with the aims of teaching Mandarin in Quetta, were actually Christian missionaries aiming to preach Christianity in a predominant Muslim country, according to a report published in the BBC.
The report claimed after the kidnapping and killing of the duo, there have been internal crackdowns on Christians in China. Islamic State announced on June 8 that Meng Lisi and Li Xinheng, who were in their mid-twenties, had been killed. The pair had been kidnapped in Quetta on May 24.
�Their story draws attention to an unintended and often overlooked by-product of China�s aggressive drive to develop new trading routes and carve out influences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East,� the BBC report stated.
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China cracks down on Christians after killing of two missionaries in Pakistan
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