DECEMBER 2011 Issue 45 China Infodoc Service [
[email protected]] Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:50 PM To: China Infodoc Service Inside SFC: New Book 'God is Red' San Francisco Chronicle this New Book 'God is Red' Written by Exiled Chinese Dissident, Liao Yiwu, Reveals Untold Stories of Christians in China PRWeb issue: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Chinese dissident author Liao Yiwu-the once lauded, later imprisoned, and China Infodoc Service : SFC: 1 now celebrated author of The Corpse Walker-profiles the extraordinary lives New Book 'God is Red' of dozens of Chinese Christians, providing a rare glimpse into the burgeon- ing underground world of belief that is taking hold within the officially atheis- tic state of Communist China. A luminous writer, and not a Christian himself, Yiwu offers a uniquely objective and insightful perspective on the position China Infodoc Service : Chinese 3 Christians occupy in mainland China. nuns run to help AIDS victims San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 06, 2011 Agenzia Fides : For the Mid- 4 In 1990, Chinese dissident Liao Yiwu was imprisoned for writing a poem Autumn Festival, the Catholic about the Tiananmen Square protests and remained under police surveil- community visit the elderly lance after serving a four-year sentence. Moreover, in the past ten years, Bishops, priests and the nuns, Yiwu was denied leave from China to travel abroad 15 times and forbidden "an example of faith and to publish "illegal" works outside of China. witness" Now, with empathy and compassion, Yiwu gives voice to another persecuted people in China - Chinese Christians. His new book, God Is Red: The Secret China Infodoc Service : Interview 7 Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China with John Baptist Li Suguang (HarperOne; September 13, 2011; Hardcover; $25.99), recounts their ongo- ing battle for freedom of expression and religion.