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A Worship Singing Crackdown in China

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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A Taiwanese Christian pastor was detained for singing the worship song "Jesus Love You" in Zhengzhou, Henan, in China, which officials there have branded as an "illegal religious activity."

ChinaAid, which reports on persecution and human rights abuses in the world's most populous nation, said Pastor Xu Rongzhang from Taiwan was detained on Saturday, the day before Easter, because he led a group of Christians in Zhengzhou to sing the song.

Xu was released later on the same day, though his identification documents and permit to travel to mainland China were not returned until Monday.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-pastor-detained-china-singing-jesus-loves-you-song-now-illegal-180986/#DCTqj0ligOweKZq2.99

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