China: Christianity

(asked on 21st February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese Government on the recent expulsion of missionaries from the Chinese border region with North Korea.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 24th February 2017

We are aware of reports of the expulsion of 32 South Korean missionaries from the Yanji region of China by the Chinese authorities.

We have no plans to raise these specific cases with the Chinese Government, as this is a matter for the South Korean Government.

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