China News News China » Religion: How the CCP Is Reshaping Religious Order in China
The State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), which succeeded the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Council, served as the primary governmental body in China responsible for overseeing ...
News China » Religion: Religion in China
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Religion in China. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
News China » Religion: China’s Definition of an ‘Evil Cult’ Is Expanding Beyond Religious Groups
“Create Abundance” is not, in any conventional sense, a religion. For that reason, its persecution signals a dangerous expansion of China’s ideological control. The U.S. Commission on International ...
News China » Religion: China’s Christian population appears to have stopped growing after rising rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s
The Chinese government banned religion during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. And although Christianity and other religions bounced back in the 1980s and ’90s as restrictions were ...
News China » Religion: 6 facts about Buddhism in China
Buddhism originated around the fifth century B.C.E. in India, but today, more Buddhists live in China than India. Han Buddhism, the dominant branch of Buddhism in China, has blended with local belief ...
News China » Religion: The Chinese religions
For half a century, I have been reading and hearing about conferences on interfaith or inter-sectarian dialogue. Despite the resources spent on these events, they have produced limited results. Those ...
News China » Religion: My Top 5 Books on the Sinicization of Christianity in China
Works to help readers parse the differences between cultural assimilation and political domestication. The word Sinicization usually means assimilation into Chinese culture, particularly the language, ...