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How China’s Communist Party is tightening its grip on Christianity
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July 5, 2026
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17:44Now PlayingThe founder of the Chinese underground Zion Church, Pastor Ezra Jin, has been released - but eight other members of the church remain in prison.
Sky News has been investigating China's largest arrest of Christians in decades.
Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith witnessed the fear among family members of those still detained, and throughout the large community of Chinese Christians who choose not to worship in churches overseen by the Communist Party.
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