Hello to all! Since my last post on Xu Zhiyong, I’ve continued doing some reading and I continue to be a little set back by his case. I keep thinking that there must be some kind of twist here, some piece of information that we’re not learning that would make this case make sense. Is tax evasion really involved here? Did he break the law in some way? I can’t find any evidence stating that he has, but then again, the Chinese government is not saying anything about it nor are there any articles from Chinese news agencies giving us much information. I did find an interesting article from a Chinese man in Shanghai who blogs in English who knew Xu personally. He brought some real ‘humanness’ to the story since he knows Xu personally and admires him professionally. Click here to read the series of articles he wrote about Xu Zhiyong.

As many of you know, we here at the China Resource Center want to do three things to impact China for Christ. One of the three things is that we want to support and ensure a viable environment for religious freedom. It is because of this tenant of our organization that I have an interest in Xu Zhiyong’s case. As we dialouge with Chinese government leaders, I want to know what’s going on in the area of rule of law. This case is apparently very telling about the state of rule of law in China. I am committed to take these types of cases to government leaders and delicately probe and challenge.

In that vain, I’d love to hear from those of you who also have an interest in rule of law in China. What do you think about Xu Zhiyong’s case and the case of Gao Zhisheng? I would love input from you all as I try to process these cases for myself.