US calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church

The US urges China to release 30 leaders of significant underground church network, including Jin Mingri, founder of Zion Church. This crackdown is seen as a major attack on faith in decades as Chinese authorities target unregistered house churches. Amid escalating US-China tensions, calls for religious freedom intensify, highlighting Beijing's strict control over religion and persecution of Christians who reject government interference in their faith.