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Group: Over 100 Foreign Missionaries Expelled from China

Over 100 foreign missionaries have been expelled this year between April and June as the result of a Chinese government-sponsored campaign to prevent the spreading of the Gospel before the Beijing Olympics, the China Aid Association (CAA) has reported.According to reports by China Aid sources, which have been collaborated by at least five different mission agencies, the Chinese government has embarked on a “massive” expulsion campaign to rid the country of foreign Christians.Citizens from six countries working in Xinjiang, Beijing and Tibet were allegedly targeted.In private interviews conducted by CAA, some of the expelled American missionaries reported that the authorities had confiscated their passports for 2 to7 days and prohibited them from contacting the U.S. Embassy in Beijing-a direct violation of U.S.-China consulate protection agreements.Some cannot return to the country for 5 years.The latest reports, if true, would make the latest expulsion of foreign missionaries the largest since 1954, when the Chinese Communist government expelled all foreign religious workers after taking power in 1949.The Chinese government refuses to recognize foreign missionary status in China so many missionaries choose to work in the education or business sectors in order to stay in China.Bob Fu, the president of the CAA, said the campaign to expel the missionaries is “misguided and counter-productive” given their contribution to the Chinese people.He urged the government to undo what has been done."We call upon the Chinese government to correct this wrong by allowing these selfless good-hearted people of faith back into China," said Fu.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070712/28401.htm
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