Religious Freedom commission finds China uses extensive surveillance to monitor and suppress Christians

The latest report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom revealed that the Chinese government was employing an “Orwellian surveillance state” to monitor minorities and religious communities in its borders. Christians are routinely subjected to various oppressive measures imposed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The CCP leverages modern technology such as advanced data analytics to track, monitor, and suppress several minority groups in the country.

“Authorities have systematically installed cameras in churches to identify and target anyone who attends services,” said Gayle Manchin, the chairperson of USCIRF, in a virtual hearing that detailed accounts of CCP’s oppressive practices imposed on minorities, especially religious ones.

Manchin, as a part of her statement, said that China has been following religious oppression from as early as 1998. That said, she noted that things have only gotten worse under the leadership of the current president Xi Jinping.

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