China detains dozens of underground church pastors in crackdown

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BEIJING — Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018. The detentions, which come amid renewed China-U.S. tensions after Beijing dramatically expanded rare earth export controls last week, drew condemnation from Secretary of State Marco Rubio , who called on Sunday for the pastors’ immediate release. Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of Zion Church,

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