Reports emerge on riot in China (goasiapacific.com)

Officials in China have confirmed there was a riot in a small eastern city last week, after a government car hit and killed a street vendor.

11:15:55 AM    

Prosecutors ask police for more evidence against detained psychology student Liu Di (Reporters Without Borders)

11:04:28 AM    

China tries another Internet dissident as crackdown continues (CNA)

BEIJING, : A prominent Internet activist has been put on trial here with the government seemingly undeterred by recent difficulties in battling cyber-dissents in court.

10:49:37 AM    

CHINESE CHRISTIAN RECEIVES TWO YEARS LABOR CAMP (ANS)

China sentenced Mr. Zhang Yi-nan, a Chinese house-church writer and historian, to two years of laojiao-"re-education through labor"- after the country's security service said he has "a mind problem" for following Jesus Christ, ASSIST News Service (ANS) learned early Tuesday, Nov. 4

10:37:31 AM    

CHRISTIANS URGED TO PRAY FOR PERSECUTED BELIEVERS (ANS)

Open Doors with Brother Andrew is calling on Christians around the world to pray for over 200 million suffering believers during the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on Sunday, Nov. 9.

10:08:50 AM    

Religious Liberty Prayer 245 International Day of Prayer 2003

We are told to expect persecution (John 15:18-16:4). However,
because persecution is sinful, evil and unjust, we can never accept
it. Sin, evil and injustice displease the Lord and so they must also
displease us (Isaiah 59:15b,16a). It is imperative that we pray.

10:05:15 AM    

TOP N. KOREAN DEFECTOR SAYS DEFECTORS PLAY KEY ROLE (RFA)

The highest-ranking North Korean official yet to defect told Radio Free Asia (RFA) Monday he believes other defectors will play a key role in undermining the Pyongyang regime. In an interview with RFA’s Korean service in Washington, Hwang Jang Yop also said he blamed himself for the suffering of relatives and colleagues he left behind.

9:51:05 AM    

LAO GROUP THREATENS 'MORE SERIOUS VIOLENCE' (RFA)

A group calling itself the Free Democratic People's (Underground) Government of Laos has claimed responsibility for the latest explosion in Laos and threatened “more serious violence” in the absence of democratic change, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

9:48:51 AM    

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Tuesday
Universities in Tianjin report 100,000 NEW applications for joining the Communist Party. 1 in 3 college students here are Party members. Outreach to China intellectuals is a high priority for church planting strategy. Let us continue to remember all the people involved in college ministries.

9:42:33 AM    

TURKMENISTAN CLOSES CHURCHES AMID NEW RULES (ANS)

Turkmenistan, an ex-Soviet republic with what human rights watchers call the "harshest state control" in the region has drafted new legislation that will make it difficult for churches to operate and to spread the Gospel, a news agency said Monday, Nov. 3

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