A Christian
Church in Wenzhou, Western China, was destroyed on April 26-27, and the local officials
stated that it was built illegally (not meeting building specifications). What
makes this quite odd is that the building of this Church was a government
sanctioned project, which took 12 years to build, all of which the government
was on board with its building. The government’s stance has since changed,
saying that the building was supposed to be within “1881 square meters, but
they built 7928 square meters illegally.” Many Christian groups, such as China
Aid, call this unrightfully persecution of Christians, and in a city nicknamed the “Jerusalem of the East” for its high Christian population.
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| The Church in Wenzhou |
I
think that this is a clear conflict of interest in China’s governmental system,
considering that they approved of the building of the church, and then knocked
it down when they thought it didn't meet specifications. This, to me, reflects
the corruption in China’s political system, and how weak it can be sometimes
(considering they are contradicting themselves). As for some Christians claims
that China is persecuting Christians, I would not worry too much. That China
let Christian’s build a church in the first place shows that they don’t hate the
bureaucracy of the Church. China has shown contradictions in its system before
(what with its corruption), and so it isn’t so groundbreaking that they would
destroy a church.
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China denies church demolition is
persecution of Christians
May 2, 2014
Zoe Li
CNN
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