After Bibles seized, U.S. group won’t leave Chinese airport
CNN reports:
Four members of a Christian group from the United States are refusing to leave an airport in China after authorities confiscated their 300 Bibles, the group’s director said Monday.
The four members of Vision Beyond Borders — based in Sheridan, Wyoming — arrived in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Sunday. Customs officials discovered the Bibles during an X-ray scan of their luggage, said Pat Klein, director of the group, which supplies Bibles and other Christian material to people in China and other countries.
Under Chinese law, it is illegal to bring printed religious material into the country if it exceeds the amount for personal use. The group distributes the Bibles through a local shop owner in Kunming, according to Klein.
Related:
Regulations Governing The Religious Activities of Foreign Nationals within China - 1994
Article 6.
When foreign nationals enter China, they may carry printed materials, audio and visual materials and other religious items for their own use; if these are brought in quantities which exceed those for personal use, such items will be dealt with according to the relevant Chinese customs regulations.
Religious publications and religious audio and visual materials whose content is harmful to the public interest are forbidden.
Via Anthony Sacramone.