Chinese human-rights lawyer Ruth Wang has left China for Taiwan under pressure from authorities and is seeking resettlement in another country, hoping for help from the United States or Canada, according to the source report. Wang said Chinese officials ordered the VDoor Law Firm to close.
Crackdown backdrop: arrests, releases, and unresolved detentions
CBN News reported last October that 18 members of Beijing’s Zion Church, including founder Pastor Ezra Jin, were arrested in what it called one of China’s largest crackdowns on a single church in decades. The source text states Wang’s legal team represented Jin and others in October 2025, when security officials imprisoned them.
According to the source, Pastor Jin was released two months ago and is now in the United States with family after then-President Donald Trump raised his case with China’s Xi Jinping during a May meeting. The same report says nine other pastors have been freed while eight remain jailed.
Targeting of legal defenders alleged
Wang said authorities have previously targeted the VDoor Law Firm. She stated that the firm’s founder and her mentor, Zhang Kai, had his license revoked and was barred from leaving the country, and that other lawyers at the firm were suspended from practicing for six months.
Wang was traveling in Japan on vacation last month when Chinese officials asked her to meet them in Beijing, according to the source. She did not return, citing fear for her future.
Advocates urge protection; Taiwan cited as closed to asylum
Bob Fu, founder of the U.S.-based nonprofit ChinaAid, said Wang’s case shows how lawyers defending persecuted Christians can become targets. “Attorney Wang sought to fulfill the most basic responsibility of a lawyer,” Fu said. “Yet because her clients include detained leaders associated with Beijing Zion Church, she came to fear that she herself could become the next target.”
Fu urged Taiwan’s government to protect Wang’s family and prevent forced return to mainland China, and he called on the United States and other democracies to help find a safe solution. The source report states Taiwan will not allow her to stay, saying it cannot accept political asylum cases from mainland China because of tensions with Beijing.
‘Uncertain future’ and a plea for resettlement
“Our family is currently facing an uncertain future, and we don’t know what will happen in the future, or whether there is anywhere that can accommodate us,” Wang told the Associated Press in an exclusive interview, per the source. She referenced the biblical story of Ruth, adding, “I also believe that God will give (me) such a person.”
The source report describes Zion Church as one of China’s largest unregistered churches, with more than 5,000 members meeting in apartments, restaurants, and karaoke bars across some 40 cities. Wang is seeking resettlement assistance, including from the U.S. or Canada, according to the source.
