Growing Support for Chinese Pastor Under Attack

This article is an update to Breaking: CCP Operative Threatens Pastor, Others in USA

Last week, the Reverend Dr. Bob Fu’s house in Midland, Texas was besieged by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives. This attack — which actually began on Saturday, September 26 — continues to plague Fu’s house even though Bob and his family have been moved to safety. In response dozens of outraged individuals and organizations are signing IRD’s statement of support for Fu and other freedom-loving Chinese also being targeted.

The protesters, brandishing defamatory posters and vile threats, were following directives from videos made by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, AKA, Miles Kwok. At the end of September Kwok launched a terrifying video campaign urging violence against Fu and other Chinese freedom activists living in America and elsewhere.

Kwok assures his followers in the videos that his campaign is funding the protests. And, remarkably, on his video solicitations he offers a “bonus” to any individuals that will respond with more “aggression” towards the targets. The billionaire tells his listeners that these people are all “cheaters” and, breathtakingly, “Communist Party agents.”

I first reported on the harassment of Fu and his wife, Heidi — both former prisoners of faith in China — and their children in my September 30 article. Those of us present for Fu, the founder of China Aid, praying for China at the spiritually seismic The Return on the National Mall in Washington, DC on September 25 heard first-hand what was taking place at his house as relayed the text he had received from his wife just moments before.

On September 27 and 28 Kwok publicly ranted on social media,* calling Fu a “fake pastor.” He slandered Fu and other prominent freedom fighters, human rights activists, and other members of the Chinese diaspora as CCP agents, thieves, cheaters, and traffickers on video in what he called “the kill cheaters” campaign. Kwok boasted that he would send 100-200 of his followers to Fu’s house, and on the 28th, more thugs arrived.

Law enforcement and the church and wider community of the very close-knit city of Midland have all stood up for Fu and his family. When Bob flew home from Washington he reported, “Got home safely with full police and anti-riot squad security details. . . I am so thankful for this kind of thoughtfulness and care by our city.”

A week later, Monday, October 5, Fu was one of the speakers for Jubilee Campaign USA’s virtual side event at the UN Human Rights Council’s 45th session. The event “China Bans Faith for All Children,” exposed the CCP’s violation of the human rights of Christian, Falun Gong, Uhyghur, Tibetan, and other children in China. Even while Fu was speaking on his computer, ominous black buses were rolling up to his house and unloading dozens of protesters!

One of Bob’s clergy friends reported the scene:

The protesters I overheard were speaking in a Chinese dialect to one another, but a Caucasian English speaker . . . gave me a flyer accusing Bob Fu of being a “fake priest,” and a Communist agent who traveled back and forth to China many times, and was receiving money from the CCP to enable him to buy a house in this neighborhood.  How could he travel so freely, he asked, if he were not a Communist agent?  A Midlander told me that when the bus pulled up, those on board were given American flags, posters, and face masks as they exited.  They also passed out bottled water to the protesters and those who were watching.

Pastor Fu is very fortunate to live in Midland, Texas. The “Midlanders” were not about to put up with such nonsense about who had been one of their own for many years.

In an October 5 press conference Midland’s mayor, Patrick Payton, explained that “some Communist agitators have been making threats — not veiled threats, but aggressive threats — towards Bob Fu and his family, and towards China Aid. . . ” The mayor dispelled the lie of Mile Kwok that the CCP gives Fu the funds to fly back and forth, stating that Fu and his wife “had fled China in 1997, and hadn’t been allowed to set foot in China since 1997.” The indignant mayor mocked the accusations of Fu being a powerful Communist agent.

Payton used this as an opportunity to highlight those for whom Bob and China Aid are working. He spoke about the Chinese Christians and other religious believers in prison for their faith and about the attorneys who are defending them.

The mayor indicated that every possible law enforcement agency, including all of those “three letter agencies,” had been briefed on the situation. Every city needs a mayor like this strong, brave man of integrity!

Astonishingly, Kwok put out another video in which he threatens not only Bob Fu, but the mayor of Midland, Texas! (He also refers to some of the “redneck members” of Bob Fu’s church!) It is past time for those “agencies” to do something!

Not only are the good people and leadership of Midland supporting Bob Fu. As mentioned above, IRD is spearheading a statement of support for Fu and all of those Chinese freedom activists who have been targeted in this manner. At last count, the statement has passed 100 signatures from human rights and religious freedom organizations and individuals.

Below is a link to read the statement. If you wish to join us in signing the statement, please indicate with your name, city, and state in the comment section.

As I said in my previous article many in the West have emboldened the CCP into believing that it can do anything as long as it has the money to do it and to pay people off. Large, powerful entities such as Disney, the NBA, Big Tech, major U.S. banks, and others have consistently acquiesced. So the CCP believes it can shut the mouths of Chinese Americans in America.

Many of those who have been recruited to protest against Bob Fu and the others may genuinely believe that he is a CCP agent. They don’t have clue about any of these freedom fighters other than what they are hearing on these vile videos. One of them sent me a very sincere sounding and courteous email after I posted my first article saying that I should take seriously the allegations about Pastor Bob Fu, who I had “interviewed.” The trouble was that person did not know that I have known Bob Fu for over 20 years! If Bob is pretending to be who he says he is, he’s extremely good at the long con job!

But seriously, I feel sorry for those who have been snookered by this CCP reverse-the-roles game. I would just hope and pray that they would begin to follow the advice in Holy Scripture that says “by their fruits you shall know them.” If they look at the fruit of China Aid, they will see nothing but good. On the other hand, do a tally of how much obscene language and threats of harm you find in the videos below — you will see bad fruit from a bad tree. You will know the truth.

*Here are a number of the videos threatening Bob Fu and others, and praising President Xi:

• https://vimeo.com/464370707
• https://vimeo.com/464371923
• https://vimeo.com/462658261
• https://vimeo.com/464372622
• https://vimeo.com/464373974
• https://vimeo.com/464374371
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79uQBw4t9U