{"id":77774,"date":"2026-03-31T19:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=77774"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:26:43","slug":"china-named-global-puppet-master-of-religious-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/china-named-global-puppet-master-of-religious-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e2d\u56fd\u88ab\u6307\u4e3a\u5168\u7403\u5b97\u6559\u8feb\u5bb3\u7684\u201c\u5e55\u540e\u64cd\u7eb5\u8005\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>At a congressional hearing on Feb. 4, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback testified on the global state of religious freedom. He asserted that China continues to aid authoritarian and communist nations worldwide in their quest to suppress religious freedom. \u201cWe are seeing something unprecedented, really, right now in the world,\u201d Brownback stated. \u201cThere\u2019s an alliance of nations that\u2019s emerged, that sees religious freedom as the greatest internal threat to their dictatorial control. This alliance of communist,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a congressional hearing on Feb. 4, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback testified on the global state of religious freedom. He asserted that China continues to aid authoritarian and communist nations worldwide in their quest to suppress religious freedom. \u201cWe are seeing something unprecedented, really, right now in the world,\u201d Brownback stated. \u201cThere\u2019s an alliance of nations that\u2019s emerged, that sees religious freedom as the greatest internal threat to their dictatorial control. This alliance of communist,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":77773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-77774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97104,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/vatican-publishes-biography-of-founder-of-cuban-nationhood-father-felix-varela\/","url_meta":{"origin":77774,"position":0},"title":"Vatican publishes biography of founder of Cuban nationhood, Father F\u00e9lix Varela","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"23 7 \u6708, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Vatican Publishing House recently released the first Italian edition of the book \u201cF\u00e9lix Varela: A Biography,\u201d a work about the priest considered by Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia to be \u201ca sort of founder of [Cuban] national culture through his works and writings.\u201dThe 208-page volume, published July 9, was written by Monsignor Carlos Manuel de C\u00e9spedes, a prominent figure in the Cuban Catholic Church who passed away in Havana in 2014. 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