Hunan Home Church Pastor Cao Sanqiang Still Subject to Exit Ban After Completing Sentence, Suffers from Late-Stage Cancer and Calls to Travel to the US
On August 31, 2026, Hunan home church pastor Cao Sanqiang disclosed in an exclusive interview that, two and a half years after being released from a 7-year prison sentence, he is still on the list of those barred from leaving the country. Cao Sanqiang, who suffers from late-stage prostate cancer, urged the authorities to permit him to travel to the United States to reunite with his family.