Only days after U.S. President Donald Trump left a Beijing summit with CCP Chairman Xi Jinping where religious freedom and jailed religious leaders were discussed, authorities in eastern China have demolished a prominent church, razing the building with large excavators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yazhong Church (also referred to as <\/a>Yayang Church<\/a>), an unregistered Protestant church in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province \u2014 a region known as \u201cChina\u2019s Jerusalem\u201d \u2014 has been under siege<\/a> since late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Dec. 14 and 15, local authorities arrested 103 church members in a pre-dawn raid and took control of the church building, as confirmed<\/a> last week in new reporting by Le Monde<\/em>. That same week, at a public event, an unidentified government official announced: \u201cWe will see this campaign through to the end.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Five months later, heavy construction vehicles passed through tightly controlled security checkpoints set up by authorities, according to multiple sources confirmed by ChinaAid News. Crews then demolished the multi-level sanctuary from the top down, reducing it to rubble. Due to an unprecedented information blackout, the exact date of the demolition is not yet known; sources provided an initial report on May 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Prominent Church In East China Demolished Amid Escalating Crackdown https:\/\/t.co\/js4iRUjdf7<\/a><\/p>— Bob Fu \u5085\u5e0c\u79cb (@BobFu4China) May 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>