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Identify China’s new measures for governing religion. The State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), which succeeded the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Council, served as the primary ...
News China » Religion: The Dalai Lama signals China should stay out of divine succession process
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the ancient Tibetan Buddhist institution he leads will live on after he dies, putting an end to speculation that he would be the last person to hold the role as he ...
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News China » Religion: US must address China’s escalating war on religion
As President Xi Jinping and President Trump meet, the U.S. must respond to China’s repression of religion by putting persecuted Chinese believers at the center of U.S. human-rights ...
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: Despite Growing Crackdown, Independent Religious Groups Defy China’s Communist Party
The latest round of repression shows the risks underground churches face – and how Chinese people continue to seek faith outside state control. Over the past six months, Beijing has arrested hundreds ...
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: A video game based on the Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’ is the most recent example of innovative retelling of this popular story
(The Conversation) — The game allows players to free Sun Wukong, the monkey protagonist from the popular 16th century novel ‘Journey to the West,’ and introduces players to the complexity of Chinese ...
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, ...