KUNMING, China (AP) - Chinese customs officials have reportedly confiscated hundreds of Bibles from a visiting American Christian group.
Patrick Klein of Vision Beyond Borders says the Bibles were taken from his group's luggage after they landed at Kunming in southwestern China. Members of the Wyoming-based group had more than 300 of the Chinese-language Bibles that they had planned to give away to local residents.
An official at the airport's customs office denied confiscating the Bibles. She said authorities were just "taking care" of them, but gave no further details.
In China, Bibles are printed under supervision of the Communist government. The officially atheistic country only allows them to be used in government-sanctioned churches and in some big hotels catering to foreigners.
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China takes Bibles from U.S. Christians
KUNMING, China (AP) - Chinese customs officials have reportedly confiscated hundreds of Bibles from a visiting American Christian group.
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Published: August 18, 2008
Published: August 18, 2008
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