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flag China detains Pastor Ezra Jin and 30+ church staff in crackdown on unregistered churches amid religious control push.

flag In October 2025, Chinese authorities intensified religious repression by detaining Pastor Ezra Jin and over 30 staff from the unregistered Zion Church, part of a broader crackdown on house churches. flag The move aligns with President Xi Jinping’s push for the "Sinicization of religion," requiring all faiths to conform to state ideology, core socialist values, and CCP control. flag New regulations restrict religious expression online and mandate state oversight, particularly targeting Catholicism and Protestantism. flag The timing coincides with rising U.S.-China tensions, prompting bipartisan U.S. lawmakers and human rights advocates to demand Jin’s release and make religious freedom a condition for diplomatic talks.

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