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Chinese Christian groups drop the name “Jesus” to avoid Chinese censorship

Christians are increasingly persecuted and censored in China.

Two Christian organizations that operate in China officially are resorting to camouflaging references to Jesus Christ and the Bible by replacing them with initials - in order to maintain the presence of their stores on the internet.

The two Christian groups are trying to avoid internet censorship by replacing the word Christ with "JD," Jesus with "YS" and Bible with "SJ" on Tianfengshuyuan, their store on China's massive online platform WeChat.

This information originally came from Hong Kong-based Chung Chi Seminary of Chinese University dean Fuzeng Xing, who shared it on Facebook.

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