A Chinese pastor is released after 7 years in prison, only to find himself unable to get an ID
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A pastor in China has been released after serving seven years in prison. But The Rev. John Sanqiang Cao, who had studied in married in the U.S., says he's without any legal documentation in his country, unable to access even the most basic services without a Chinese identification.

This article, written by a Taiwan-based "sinologist," has been copied and pasted over several major outlets and a dozen other Christian clickbait news sites. The pastor in question is John Sanqiang Cao, and was charged with human trafficking upon returning from a mission trip to Myanmar.

I don't know anything about the validity of the charges he's facing, and I'm quite certain that IF the events alleged by the article are true, then this is a clear miscarriage of justice.

There is something very funny about this story appearing all over American media, though. As if ex-convicts in the US don't deal with very similar problems...

  • vaquera medianoche@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    If the Chinese authorities are persecuting him you know what I have to say to that? Good.

    Christian missionaries all deserve Sentinel Island treatment. Wherever there were colonizers they were a step ahead of or just behind them.

    YES

    I had family who was involved in being Christian "missionaries" in Uganda, they successfully got the death penalty instituted for gay people. they would always complain about how they couldn't get away with shit in China, to which I say, thank goodness.

    also if that person is involved in human trafficking, why on earth would I care what happens to him. the survivors of trafficking will have to live with that damage the rest of their lives, if they even survive. so who cares about him