Christian Persecution: The Tense Topic Trump And Xi Want To Avoid But Shouldn’t

President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is drawing pleas from families of imprisoned Christians in China who want their cases raised alongside expected discussions of AI policy and rare earth minerals. Gao Pu, a Chinese Christian seeking asylum in the U.S., told the Daily Caller that his parents, Pastor Gao Quanfu and Pang Yu, are held in inhumane conditions, describing cells packed with 20 men fed protein once a week and inmates hosed down twice monthly instead of showered. Gao said his 70-year-old father was recently beaten and his 69-year-old mother, who has high blood pressure and a weak leg, is forced to stand for hours daily. Quanfu, once a well-known musician and producer, and Yu, a former actress and TV anchor, gave up entertainment careers to become a pastor and pastor's wife before their arrest last year on charges eventually changed to fraud. Also detained is Pastor Tang Bingyi of the Light of Zion Church, along with eight other Zion Church leaders, eight Catholic bishops, and additional Christian leaders. Gao noted that Pastor Ezra Jin, head of the Zion Church, was freed in July after Trump named him during a Beijing visit, and hopes similar pressure could help his parents. At a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing Tuesday, Jin said eight pastors remain jailed over their online worship activities, calling their treatment "a tremendous insult and a vicious attack on the Christian faith."

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