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Government coerces Christian church to sign “Agreement to Rebuild Civilization”

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(BOXUN) The Cixi City, Ningbo County, Zhejiang Province government recently unilaterally drafted an “Agreement to Rebuild Civilization” and coerced a local Christian church to sign it. The Cixi Christian church refused to sign the agreement.

The wording of the contract was “By mutual agreement.” But it was in fact unilaterally drafted by the local government, the church didn’t participate in drafting it and doesn’t accept it. A portion of the document made clear that the government demanded the church supply and collect intelligence on religious matters, and for clergypeople to become government informants. The church community believes the agreement was completely produced by the Communist Party and is an effort to “increase the so-called social management of religious affairs” and is an attempt to increase government control over the church.

The agreement’s advocated “social management” would have a deleterious effect on the church’s charity work, thereby causing the church to lose its ability to “support,” “govern,” and “characterize” itself.
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/08/201508252232.shtml

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