{"id":3745,"date":"2011-07-02T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T14:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2011-07-02T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T02:00:35","slug":"china-pressures-employers-to-fire-members-of-beijings-defiant-shouwang-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/china-pressures-employers-to-fire-members-of-beijings-defiant-shouwang-church","title":{"rendered":"China pressures employers to fire members of Beijing&#8217;s defiant Shouwang Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a disturbing new development in the 12-week long clash between the Chinese Communist Party and members of\u00a0Beijing&#8217;s 1,000-member Shouwang Church, the Chinese government is pressuring employers to fire church members from their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0the China Aid Association, an advocacy group based in New York:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In the 12 weeks since Shouwang Church lost its meeting site and decided to hold its Sunday worship services outdoors, Chinese authorities have tried many different ways to try to get the church members to desist. These have included police detention, house arrest, eviction, loss of jobs, and\u00a0being forced to move out\u00a0of Beijing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>China Aid reported that Xia Xiaoqiu, a Shouwang\u00a0Church member employed by the U.S.-based Christian humanitarian group World Vision,\u00a0wrote on the social media site Google Buzz:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWith regard to the job, I\u2019ve already had several rounds of talks with my boss. Each side has already made clear what can be made clear. My boss said that my activities cannot be allowed to impact the organization\u2019s development [in China], and those in the managerial level are all in agreement about this. 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