Ep. 293: Religious Persecution on the Rise in China

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🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In China, men and women of faith are facing increasing hostility from the state. The Heritage Foundation's Olivia Enos shares what the Chinese are facing--from internment camps to having to share their home with a government official to seeing their Bibles seized. Plus: We discuss the rise of suicides in the United States in recent years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, September 11. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:10.0	And I'm Daniel Davis. China is taking new steps to crack down on religion.
0:15.1	Christian churches are being shut down and Bibles are being burned
0:18.5	as the Communist Party there demands complete loyalty.
0:22.0	We'll discuss the latest developments with Olivia Einos, a heritage policy analyst.
0:26.0	Plus, Monday was World Suicide Prevention Day. We'll take a look at this discouraging statistics and what we can all do to save lives.
0:34.4	But first we'll cover a few of the top headlines.
0:37.4	Well President Trump is closing the Palestine Liberation Organization's mission in DC, which is similar
0:47.0	to an embassy and function.
0:49.0	The administration cites the Palestinian leadership's refusal to move forward in the peace process with Israel.
0:55.7	There is a provision in U.S law that says that the Palestinian mission must be closed if the peace
1:00.6	process doesn't move forward.
1:03.0	Palestinian official Saib Ericotte says,
1:06.0	quote, this is yet another affirmation
1:08.0	of the Trump administration's policy
1:10.0	to collectively punish the Palestinian people."
1:13.4	The closing of the mission comes just one week after the administration announced
1:17.0	it would end funding for the UN agency that gives aid to Palestinian refugees.
1:22.4	Evidence indicated that some of those funds
1:24.8	had contributed to Palestinian extremism.
1:28.5	In a speech Monday, National Security Advisor John Bolton
1:32.0	spoke out against the
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