Chasing China's Doomsday Cult
The brutal murder of a woman at a fast food restaurant in China at the end of May sparked a national outcry. Carrie Gracie goes in search of the secretive cult of the Almighty God.
Almighty God vs the Red Dragon: It sounds like a fantasy action film but it is in fact a real and disturbing struggle in China. The most vivid case involves a group of people who beat a stranger to death in a fast food restaurant. They said they had no choice because the victim was a 'demon'. The killers are fanatical followers of the Church of the Almighty God, a Christian doomsday cult which claims millions of members across China and pledges to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party - which it calls the 'Great Red Dragon'. Gracie uses her fluent Chinese to gain access to families of those caught up in the cult, including a man who infiltrated it to save his wife.
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- Thu 14 Aug 2014 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 18 Aug 2014 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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