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jin

[jin]

noun

Islamic Mythology.

plural

jins 
,

plural

jin .
  1. jinn.



jin

/ dʒiːn /

noun

  1. (Mandarin) Chinese name for catty 2

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As of end-June, H World—which is listed in Hong Kong and the U.S.—had 12,137 hotels worldwide, making it the second-largest hotel operator in China, after Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels.

Last Friday Grace Jin Drexel received a text from her father in China, the prominent pastor Jin Mingri, telling her to pray for another pastor who had gone missing.

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"Shortly after that, I got a call from my mum. She said she couldn't contact my dad," Ms Jin Drexel, who lives in the US, told the BBC.

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Within hours her family realised that Mr Jin had also been caught up in what has been described by activists as China's largest arrest of Christians in decades.

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Some now fear that last weekend's roundup of 30 Christians linked to the Zion Church network, which Mr Jin founded, marks the start of what could be a wider crackdown on underground churches.

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