"More than 1,000 police officers, SWAT units, and paramilitary forces descended on Christian congregations across China’s Zhejiang province in mid-December, conducting mass arrests days before Christmas. The raids, which began before dawn on December 13 in Yayang Town, Wenzhou City, represent the most aggressive crackdown on house churches in months. Hundreds of believers were detained in the first 48 hours alone. Roads to churches were blocked, belongings confiscated, and entire communities left under police surveillance. The timing was deliberate. The Communist Party staged a million-yuan fireworks display in the town square on December 15 to mask the raids, circulating videos online with slogans like “Listen to the Party, follow the Party” while deleting posts from Christians describing what was happening." FULL STORY at above link.