Yingze

The Yingze District Court in Taiyuan heard the case on December 26 and yesterday dismissed charges that Li had committed murder, citing a lack of evidence. Instead, Li was convicted on a lesser offence, reckless driving.

2009 January 6, “Death of graft-buster not murder, court rules”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023

“Shanxi is one of the places where Christians are persecuted with the harshest measures,” wrote a blogger from Beijing’s Gangwashi Church. “Revenge is mine; I will repay,” he said before quoting a verse from the Bible. The comment is interesting - given the aggressively-worded press release Taiyuan’s offcials released on their website in March. It is entitled: “Yingze District successfully clamped down on a case of Christianity.”

2013 April 4, Amy Li, “'Don't you dare bring Christianity to Shanxi,' says official before detaining Beijing believer”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2013, China

Perhaps most troubling was the wording of the official press release from the Taiyuan City government offices: “Yingze District successfully clamped down on a case of Christianity".

2016, Andrew T. Kaiser, “Legacy (1949-2015)”, in The Rushing on of the Purposes of God Christian Missions in Shanxi Since 1876, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9rcDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT308