China Issues and Challenges
- Profiles in Catholicism
- Dec 22, 2023
- 5 min read
Updated: Jan 28
Book Reviews and Commentaries
The Souls of China, Return of Religion After Mao by Ian Johnson Compiled Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Articles and Commentaries
A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging by David Goldman and Matt Egan CNN
35 killed in hit-and-run after car plows into crowds at sports center in Chinese city, police say by Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng and Caitlin Danaher CNN
The continuing scandal of the Vatican’s China policy by George Weigel The Catholic World Report
China nuclear sub sank in its dock, US officials say by Robert Plummer and Thomas Spencer BBC News
China sentences Christian elder to 5 years in prison by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post
China’s green facade and its grim, red reality for Cambodia by David Pinault The Catholic World Report
Papal authority rejected by Chinese government: Last week in the Church with John Allen Jr. by John L. Allen Jr. Crux
China’s Forced Relocation of Rural Tibetans by This Week in Rights
Cardinal Parolin on China Obedience to the Pope enlivens love for country. by Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican News
Vatican wants China deal to be renewed by Elise Ann Allen Crux
China accused of brutally torturing Christian sect members by UCA News
Missouri bishops plead for death row inmate on eve of execution by Jonah McKeown Catholic News Agency
Chinese Communist Party Suffocates Christians; The West Should Take Heed. by Uzay Bulu The European Conservative
On cages and evangelization in China. Like Catholicism-vs.-communism in east central Europe during the Cold War, Catholicism-vs.-communism in China is, ultimately, a zero-sum game. by George Weigel The Dispatch/The Catholic World Report
Episcopal Church leaders meet with China Christian Council in Shanghai by Serena Tse Anglican ink
Confucians have ‘so much to learn from each other by Joseph Tulloch Vatican News
China arrests at least 100 Tibetans over dam project protests by UCA News
Cardinal Zen Publishes New Critique of Synod on Synodality by Matthew Santucci Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Reporter
Rapid developments in Vatican-China relations: Here’s what you need to know by Inside the Vatican/America
Bishop consecrated for new diocese of Weifang, China by Vatican News
My journey into the Church and the plight of Christians in China by Benedict Rogers Catholic Herald UK
Beijing’s Campaign to Shutter Mosques in Muslim Areas by Human Rights Watch
How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China? by C Raina MacIntyre, Ashley Quigley, Haley Stone. and Rebecca Dawson The Conversation
China upholds jail term for poet linked to Falun Gong cult by UCA News
Local Chinese authorities order parents at school to sign pledge renouncing their faith by Tyler Arnold Catholic News Agency
Chinese billionaire and associate of Steve Bannon arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy, officials say by Marlene Lenthang, Jonathan Dienst, Chloe Atkins and Antonio Planas NBC News
Digital gift a small reminder of big thaw in China-Vatican relations by Crux
New Chinese Catholic leaders say they’ll follow Communist Party principles by Catholic News Service/Crux
China: Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang by Human Rights Watch
Chinese billionaire and associate of Steve Bannon arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy, officials say by Marlene Lenthang, Jonathan Dienst, Chloe Atkins and Antonio Planas NBC News
China defiant in face of Uyghurs UN report by Jonah McKeown Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
UN says China’s treatment of Uyghurs is modern-day slavery by CathNews
EXCLUSIVE China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report - document by Emma Farge Reuters
China crushes mass protest by bank depositors demanding their life savings back by CNN
China detains alleged bank fraud 'gang' after protests against financial corruption turned violent by Australian Broadcasting Corporation
AMLO Tells Biden Migrants Are Key to Growth in Fight With China by Maya Averbuch, Josh Wingrove, and Justin Sink Bloomberg
China developing neural monitoring device to detect illegal porn by Roman.Meitav The Jerusalem Post
UN rights chief sold her soul to China's brutal regime by UCA News
386 dogs rescued from truck heading to China dog meat festival by Vincent Ni The Guardian
The Face from China's Uyghur Detention Camps by John Sudworth BBC
Alleged Chinese abuse of Uyghurs revealed in massive leak - study by Eliav Breur The Jerusalem Post
Smith calls organ harvesting in China ‘a horror story’ at hearing on Hill by Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service
‘It’s a way to keep people in fear’: Chinese Catholics react to Cardinal Zen’s arrest by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
Zen arrest suggests China just doesn’t get the Catholic Church by John L. Allen Jr. Crux
Cardinal Zen arrest: A roundup of reactions by Joe Bukuras Catholic News Agency
Shanghai lockdown: The hard life of a homeless deliveryman by BBC
Persecution of Christians in China growing under Xi Jinping by Inés San Martín Crux
China jails Christians for attending religious event in Malaysia by UCA News
Hong Kong to kill 2,000 animals after hamsters get COVID-19 by Zen Soo The Associated Press
China Punishes People Trying to Flee Covid Controls in Xi’an by Bloomberg News
‘The world must boycott’: Australian Uyghur calls for more pressure on Beijing Games by Ben Doherty The Guardian
Biden administration slaps sanctions on China over Uyghur Muslim persecution by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
China’s Treatment of Uyghurs Amounts to Genocide, U.K.-Based Panel Finds by The Wall Street Journal
Leaked papers link Xinjiang crackdown with China leadership by Patrick Wintour The Guardian
China arrests Protestant pastor for joining religious conference by UCA News
Even on U.S. Campuses, China Cracks Down on Students Who Speak Out by Sebastian Rotel ProPublica
How China’s New Data Privacy Framework Affects U.S. Nonprofits by Wagenmaker & Oberly
China jails 600 Christian cult members amid crackdown by UCA News
China floods: Nearly 2 million displaced in Shanxi province by BBC
China's ambassador Zheng Zeguang banned from UK Parliament by BBC
Critics, supporters of Vatican’s China deal have an ‘Annie Hall’ moment by John L. Allen Jr. Crux
China: Human rights lawyer Chang Weiping tortured in detention by Christian Solidarity Worldwide/Independent Catholic News
China arrests leaders of Evangelical church demolished in 2018 by UCA News
Michael Spavor: Canadian jailed for 11 years in China on spying charges by Suranjana Tewari BBC
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg ProPublica
US blames China for hacks, opening new front in cyber offensive by Kevin Liptak CNN
China slaps Tibetan monks with harsh jail sentences by UCA News
Covid-19 fuels trafficking of Lao women to China by UCA News
China expanding its nuclear capabilities, scientists say by BBC
China can lock up a million Muslims in Xinjiang at once by Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing, Buzzfeed News
China martial arts school fire kills 18, mostly children by BBC News
US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility by Zachary Cohen CNN