CHINAAID--"This is nonsense!" Gao's wife Geng He furiously refuted the rumor which first broke out on February 12, 2010. In response to the San Francisco-based think tank Dui Hua Foundation's request for information about Gao Zhisheng, the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. said that Gao Zhisheng was alive, working happily in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, more than 1,800 km from Beijing. Around the same time, a Chinese informant then posted photos of Gao Zhisheng online in a Chinese report, claiming he worked in the same company as Gao Zhisheng. He said that Gao was a talkative, even funny man, who had allegedly become a successful operational manager, talking about his wife and family and even "whistling a happy tune" daily.

This is part of a press release from China Aid regarding the recent Presidential Prayer Breakfast. Click here for the full release.

This is part of a Press Release from our friends at China Aid. To read the full release, click here.

Please take a few minutes right now to watch this video, which is from our friends at China Aid, about our precious sister and brother in Christ who are suffering for simply following Jesus.

SHANXI--On November 17, 2009, nearly 600 Christian brothers and sisters gathered together in Yangshupo Village in Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. In the afternoon of November 18th, armed police guards arrived at the gathering site and besieged the group. The police detained all 500 house church attenders on the site for several hours, before arresting Ren Boqing, Jia Jun and Gao Wenjun, church members who drove vans to help bring many of the Christians to the church meeting.

USA--Google's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development David Drummond announced on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, that unless Google is allowed to operate their Chinese search engine without censorship, they have prepared to shut down Google.cnoperations.

Our friends at China Aid reported on this update a few days ago. If you are one of our prayer partners that is praying for China, this is a great request to add to your list.