Category: English
English-language publications of the Free China Movement.
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Rapid Response: Senate Whip Durbin Urges Trump to Press Xi for Release of Five Political Prisoners
September 24, 2026 — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took to the Senate floor on September 22, 2026, urging President Donald Trump to use this week’s Washington summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to press Beijing…
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Xi’an Light of Zion Pastor Jiao Yong Taken in Shanghai by Xi’an Police; Whereabouts Unknown
SHANGHAI/XI’AN, September 24, 2026 — Pastor Jiao Yong (焦咏) of the Xi’an Light of Zion church was taken away in Shanghai on the morning of September 21 by individuals identifying themselves as officers of the Xi’an Public Security…
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Beijing Jiaquan Church Pastors and Workers Reported Detained Days Before Xi’s Washington Visit
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — Chinese authorities have detained multiple pastors and church workers from Beijing’s Jiaquan Church, an influential urban house-church network with more than two decades of ministry in the Chinese capital, according to first-hand reports…
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Thousands to March on Washington as Xi Meets Trump — Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers Declare Xi “Not Welcome”
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2026 — As Chinese President Xi Jinping sits down with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for their formal bilateral meeting, thousands of demonstrators from Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Southern…
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Rapid Response: House Democrats Press Trump to Put Human Rights on Xi Summit Agenda as Beijing Warns of “Red Lines”
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on September 23 for a three-day state visit, greeted on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews by President Donald Trump in a rare personal airport welcome. With formal state events —…
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Trump to Press Xi for Release of Wrongfully Detained Americans Youlin Chen and Min Zin at Summit
September 23, 2026 — President Donald Trump will ask Chinese leader Xi Jinping to free two wrongfully detained Americans — seismologist Youlin Chen and scholar Min Zin — when the two leaders meet at this week’s summit in…
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Rapid Response: Bipartisan Senators Urge Trump to Press Xi on Jailed Pastors and Religious Persecution
September 23, 2026 — Ten U.S. senators, led by Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), sent a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump on September 22, 2026, urging him to press Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Beijing’s…
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Rapid Response: Urge Trump to Raise Imprisoned Dissidents — Jimmy Lai, Zion Church Pastors, Uyghur Scholars — at Xi Summit
September 23, 2026 — Fortify Rights has urged President Donald Trump to prioritize the release of political and religious prisoners detained in China when he hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a summit in Washington, DC this week,…
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Fortify Rights: Eight Zion Church Pastors and Leaders Remain Detained Awaiting Trial; Nine More Out on Bail Still Face Charges
September 23, 2026 — Fortify Rights has called on the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release eight pastors and leaders of the unregistered Zion Church who remain in detention awaiting trial, nearly a year after their arrest…
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Former Tiananmen Student Leader Lian Shengde: Release Political and Religious Prisoners Before Trump–Xi Meeting or Congress Should Revoke China’s PNTR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Free China Movement says 26 years of experience warrant a reassessment of the assumptions behind permanent normal trade relations with the PRC WASHINGTON — September 23, 2026 — The Free China Movement (FCM) is calling…