Global Chinese Ministries Mar. 09
The Recession Hits China
A little boy runs happily across a sea of soft toys, waving a cuddly teddy bear. He has been allowed to help himself from the abandoned warehouse by its owners. The workers are now redundant and many are unpaid. In Dongguan, a city in southern Guangdong Province just across the border from Hong Kong, more than 14,000 factories, one fifth of the total number in the city, had closed their doors by November last year. In previous years, the months before Christmas have seen the factories at their busiest; now many have gone out of business.
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Registered Church Demolished in Jiangsu
On December 17, local police with a mob of several hundreds unidentified people demolished the legally-registered church of Pinghu District in Yancheng County in northern Jiangsu. The destruction of this church came less than a day after the church won a court case protecting their building against the same people who attacked it. The mob took away church property and beat 10 believers. Contacts reported that the destruction was the result of local government officials and powerful businessmen working in collusion to obtain the coveted church property by force.
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Prayer Points
- Pray for many Christians in China hit badly by the recession-especially unemployed workers, living on a pittance.
- Pray for wisdom for China’s rulers as they wrestle with the many problems facing their country now badly hit by the global recession.
- Pray for Christian outreach to impoverished migrant workers many of whom now face a bleak future.