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Chinese Church Demolished With No Compensation Agreement

by | Fri, Jan 20 2023

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Chinese authorities have secretly demolished a church complex at night to make way for a commercial development.

Videos circulating on the internet show dozens of heavily-armed masked police standing in the rain as they confront protesting church members and stop them from disrupting the demolition.

The church campus covered more than three hectares and was valued at millions of dollars.

The county government in Wenzhou City, Zhejang province ordered the destruction of the Nangang church without an agreed compensation plan.

Premier Christian News reports authorities had initially offered a payment which was well below market value.

Several years ago the Beijing government ordered the demolition of crosses in churches across Zhejiang province.

It removed more than 1,000 from churches in the region which has one of the highest concentrations of Christians in China.