PUGalicious
03-14-2006, 07:55 PM
(Originally posted here (http://independentchristianvoice.com/2006/03/14/martyr-watch-how-china-treats-its-christian-citizens/))
The China Aid Association (http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/index.php) by way of The Voice of the Martyrs (http://www.persecution.com/) brings us the following story about Chinese citizens on trial for practicing their faith. Remember that China is a “most favored” trading partner (selling us over $200 billion more in goods than we sell to them (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2005)), a leading destination for Corporate America’s outsourcing of American jobs for slave lower-cost labor, and the second-largest holder of U.S. debt ($247.6 billion as of October 2005 (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002734593_chinatrade12.html)). And this is a major source of the goods we buy everyday, especially from the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, this country that we (a self-proclaimed Christian nation) support with our dollars… this is how it treats its Christian citizens:
(China Aid Association) - The first trial of the 17 top leaders from a Chinese religious group ended March 3rd, after three-and-a-half days. Inhumane torture, including sexual abuse, was revealed by some defendants during the court trial. CAA learned from a government source that only one relative of each of the 17 defendants was allowed to attend the hearing. One defendant, Mr. Xu, immediately revoked his so-called “confession papers” as soon as the court finished reading the prosecutors interrogation records. He said the listed confessions were signed under enormous torture, when “I would rather die than live.” He was hung in the air for five hours after sleep deprivation for five days and nights. Some self-claimed “torture experts” tied his fingers, toes and genitals with wire and then connected the wire to electricity. One defendant was hung in the air with a very thick blanket and then electrified after he got extremely wet. Mr. Xu’s daughter, Ms. Xu Baiyin, described her father as “calm and peaceful.” “In his final remark, he urged everyone in the court to believe in Jesus; otherwise, they will one day face eternal judgments in heaven. He also urged his children to continue to follow Christ without fear.” Government sources have said Xu and at least three co-defendants will be sentenced to death.
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The China Aid Association (http://www.chinaaid.org/english_site/index.php) by way of The Voice of the Martyrs (http://www.persecution.com/) brings us the following story about Chinese citizens on trial for practicing their faith. Remember that China is a “most favored” trading partner (selling us over $200 billion more in goods than we sell to them (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2005)), a leading destination for Corporate America’s outsourcing of American jobs for slave lower-cost labor, and the second-largest holder of U.S. debt ($247.6 billion as of October 2005 (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002734593_chinatrade12.html)). And this is a major source of the goods we buy everyday, especially from the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart. Meanwhile, this country that we (a self-proclaimed Christian nation) support with our dollars… this is how it treats its Christian citizens:
(China Aid Association) - The first trial of the 17 top leaders from a Chinese religious group ended March 3rd, after three-and-a-half days. Inhumane torture, including sexual abuse, was revealed by some defendants during the court trial. CAA learned from a government source that only one relative of each of the 17 defendants was allowed to attend the hearing. One defendant, Mr. Xu, immediately revoked his so-called “confession papers” as soon as the court finished reading the prosecutors interrogation records. He said the listed confessions were signed under enormous torture, when “I would rather die than live.” He was hung in the air for five hours after sleep deprivation for five days and nights. Some self-claimed “torture experts” tied his fingers, toes and genitals with wire and then connected the wire to electricity. One defendant was hung in the air with a very thick blanket and then electrified after he got extremely wet. Mr. Xu’s daughter, Ms. Xu Baiyin, described her father as “calm and peaceful.” “In his final remark, he urged everyone in the court to believe in Jesus; otherwise, they will one day face eternal judgments in heaven. He also urged his children to continue to follow Christ without fear.” Government sources have said Xu and at least three co-defendants will be sentenced to death.
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