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S8 Ep1111: Preview for Later Today: Mariam Wahba discusses the increasing persecution of Christians in China under the CCP. She recommends that the U.S. State Department redesignate China as a country of particular concern and sanction entities overseeing "sinicizat

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 9 July 2026

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Preview for Later Today: Mariam Wahba discusses the increasing persecution of Christians in China under the CCP. She recommends that the U.S. State Department redesignate China as a country of particular concern and sanction entities overseeing "sinicization" practices. (6)
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This is John Batchelor asking Mariam Waba of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies

0:36.8

recommendations that she advances to the U.S. government

0:41.2

to protect Christianity in China that is routinely persecuted and abused

0:46.6

and suppressed by the Chinese Communist Party.

0:50.9

After all these decades, it continues.

0:53.1

And Mariam's report says under Xi Jinping, it's getting worse, not better.

0:59.4

Here's the recommendation from the FD and from Mariam about what is to be done.

1:04.8

More of this tonight.

1:07.5

There sure is.

1:08.6

There's certain bodies within the CCP that are in charge of this

1:13.6

cynization practice, and we at FD have been calling for the sanctioning of these entities. We've

1:20.1

also been calling for the State Department to redesignate China as a country of particular

1:26.5

concern under the International Religious Freedom Act.

1:31.0

And the United States has sanctioned China as a country of particular concern for as long as

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