This Brave Chinese Christian Woman was Arrested and Criminally Detained for Attempting to Share the Gospel with China's President Xi Jinping

Leah Marieann Klett : Mar 27, 2018
GospelHerald.com

In 2016, the Christian woman spent 10 days in administrative detention after another visit to Zhongnanhai, where she held a sign that said "God loves the people of the world and is calling out to Xi Jinping and [Xi's wife] Peng Liyuan. Atheism nurtures sin and brings down the people. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; you should repent." The police called this act "disturbing social order" and confiscated her materials.

[GospelHerald.com] Persecution watchdog China Aid reports that on March 15, Zhou Jinxia, a Christian who traveled to Beijing from Dalian, arrived at the front gate of the former imperial garden Zhongnanhai, holding a sign that read, "God loves the people of the world and is calling out to Xi Jinping." (Photo: Zhou Jinxia/China Aid/via Gospel Herald)

Her objective, the outlet says, was to reach Xi while the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) convened.

However, a short time later, the director of the Huanghe Street Police Station, based in Dalian, took her away, and she was escorted back to her hometown overnight. The next day, the Xigang Branch of the Dalian Municipal Public Security Bureau criminally detained her.

Days before, her friend called to inform her that the police have accused her of being a suspect at large and are looking for her...

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