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Content: Thousands of crosses 
already have been burned (top) or ripped down from church buildings, increasing 
numbers of which are being closed and/or demolished (below is the January 9, 2018 dynamiting of a 
church in Shanxi province's Linfei city (front view). Inside the church buildings that remain open for now, crosses are being  
taken down or flanked by portraits of 
Mao Zedong and Xi Jingping, and singing songs that praise the Chinese Communist Partyis being required before singing hymns. Pastors are being required to sign 
statements pledging to obey instructions from the Chinese government. Thousands of 
pastors already have been arrested, beaten, tortured, sentenced to years in prison, 
or simply disappearing (see
Wang Yi). Taking a page out of its playbook from the days of Cultural Revolution 
(1966-76), the Chinese government is again teaching school children that Christianity is an evil cult that spreads spiritual opium that they must 
not take and also warn and protect their parents from taking. The 
veiled threat to their parents is that their children will soon be instructed to 
report parents who believe in Jesus, let alone tell their children to believe in 
Jesus. Mass Surveillance
The Chinese government 
is now using mass surveillance technology, 
artificial intelligence, and big data to surveil all of its citizens 24/7. 600,000,000 face recognition-enable CCTV  cameras (right) - nearly one for every 2 Chinese 
- will soon record all public space in China. Every inch of every street in Beijing is already covered. These 
cameras also are being forcibly installed inside church buildings, including 
over their doors, offering boxes, and Bible-selling counters.