• House Church Raided in Xinjiang, China

  Chinese security forces raided a house church in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwest China, detaining individuals and prosecuting their families, according to a persecution watchdog.

• China Human Rights Making No Progress

  China is failing to make progress ahead of the Beijing Olympics as government security forces intensify crackdowns on independent media and individual activists, says a human rights advocacy group.

• Flood Deaths Rise to 78 in Central China

  State media on Friday reported that 78 people are dead and 18 missing in China’s central province of Henan.

  

• New Bishop of Beijing Approved

  China’s state-governed Catholic Church approved the nomination of Li Shan to be the new bishop of Beijing, as announced in an Episcopal conference held Wednesday.

• 11 Chinese Catholic Priests Still in Jail

  Eleven Catholic priests from the underground church remain imprisoned in regions throughout China, Catholic-affiliated news media reported on Thursday.