United Front chief Li Ganjie’s message to faith groups follows Xi Jinping’s call to ‘Sinicise’ religion in meeting with Tibet ...

It is based on the Center’s August 2023 report, “Measuring Religion in China.” The analysis and the report draw on nationally representative surveys conducted by academic groups in China, including ...

Challenges facing scholars of religion in China. Scholarly interest in the scientific study of religion in contemporary China seemed to be rising at the beginning of this century. In 2004, Purdue ...

Folk religions like Mother Chen have strong links to Taoism — an ancient religion of China. Freedom of religious belief is also enshrined in the Chinese Constitution.

Fifteen years ago Christianity in China was in flight. Missionaries, their wives, children and chattels, were pouring out of the interior of China in terrified streams, seeking safety in Shanghai.

China's Leaders Harness Folk Religion For Their Aims. Last of five parts. In China, folk religion has undergone a remarkable rebirth since the days of the Cultural Revolution four decades ago, ...

Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, as a separatist and says ...