The Alliance secretary for the support of China's democratic patriotic movements: "We expect the turnout to reach the highest historical levels". Preventing entry into the Territory to the former leaders of the pro-democracy protests of 1989. Hundreds of petitions are promoting the June 9 march against the proposed law on extradition of refugees from mainland China.
The child's parents are both blind and the father is a Pentecostal pastor. Together with his family, he was tortured in 2016 for alleged forced conversions. A court later acquitted his father. His mother, hopes her “son grows up loving and serving God."
The second most important religious holiday in the Islamic world is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth lunar month. Celebrations in Southeast Asia begin a day later than in the Middle East because the date depends on the sighting of the new moon. Indonesia, the world's most populous Islamic country, is preparing to celebrate amid tensions.
In Japanese hikikomori refers to acute social withdrawal. The problem affects about 613,000 Japanese aged 40 to 64 and 540,000 aged 15 to 39. For PIME Missionary, “causing or experiencing discomfort in [Japanese] society leads to strong inner hang-ups.”
Thousands of people gather to remember the massacre of students that took place overnight on 3-4 June 1989.
A parishioner of the Assumption of the Mother of God Orthodox Church in the Russian Embassy in Beijing painted a new icon. The church has been active since it opened in 2009. Russia is increasingly looking at China as a social, political and partly religious model.
