Over 100 Foreign Missionaries Expelled by Chinese Government Secret Campaign
Posted Jul 10 2007
China Aid Association
Midland, Texas

Typhoon No. 5
(July 10, 2007) ChinaAid Association confirms that a central government-directed campaign to expel suspected foreign missionaries has been ongoing since February 2007.

According to reliable China Aid sources and collaborated reports by at least five different mission agencies, over 100 foreigners accused of being involved in illegal religious activities in China have been expelled or deported this year between April and June.

Sources inside the Chinese government informed CAA that the Chinese government launched a massive expulsion campaign of foreign Christians, encoded Typhoon No. 5, in February 2007.

This campaign is believed to be part of the anti-infiltration efforts to prevent foreign Christians from engaging in mission activities before the Beijing Olympics next year. Citizens from six countries working in Xinjiang, Beijing and Tibet targeted. Most of those expelled are citizens from the United States, South Korea, Singapore, Canada, Australia, and Israel. They were expelled when they were either working or visiting in Xinjiang, Beijing, Tibet, or Shandong .
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