Although China's Constitution guarantees freedom of religion theory, in practice is the Communist Party who is responsible for regulating what churches are legal (they accept their control) and the places where they are held religious services. Of the 70 million Christians in the country officially (mostly Protestant) are only about 20 million who celebrate their religious worship in churches that the Chinese government considered official. ARRESTS The BBC's Damian Grammaticas, located in Beijing, said that the police took all the corners of the street that Chinese Christians were to meet. Then explains Grammaticas, agents rounded up the faithful and they rose to power on the buses that will lead to respective police stations. Shouwang church has 1,000 members, who were arrested earlier this month about 100 members, while 12 of their leaders are under house arrest. The authorities do not look kindly Shouwang leaders insist that, in recent weeks, to hold religious services in public. Moreover, 27 and April 28 will be held in Beijing a meeting between U.S. and China to discuss human rights and the recent arrests and disappearances in China. Sources: BBC, 2011 Digital Protestant Get all the news in your email here Enter your e-mail: 
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