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(Worthy News) – About 100 worshippers at an unofficial church in southwestern China were snatched from their homes or from the streets in coordinated raids which began on Sunday evening.

Chinese authorities targeted members of the Early Rain Covenant Church across various districts of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in what appeared to be an effort to close down one of the country’s most prominent Protestant house churches.

Members’ personal accounts and cell group discussions on social media channels were blocked at around 9pm on Sunday while the church’s telephone line was also cut. The homes of the church’s leaders, including pastor Wang Yi, were among those raided. [ Source: South China Morning Post (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Washington and Beijing labored to keep trade negotiations on track Monday amid diplomatic and legal flaps jolting business relations between the two economic superpowers, including a Chinese court ruling against Apple.

Siding with Qualcomm in a patent dispute, the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court in China granted an injunction blocking the import and sale of some iPhones.

The ruling fueled speculation that China was punishing the U.S. company in retribution for the arrest in Canada, at the request of the U.S., of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company’s founder and a business star in her own right in China. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]

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