Report: China’s New Regulations on Religion Designed to ‘Annihilate’ Underground Christian Communities
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. A report on China’s new regulations regarding religion suggests that the norms are consciously intended to “annihilate underground communities” and “suffocate official communities,” rather than merely organize them. China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) has published a series of regulations overhauling religious practice in the officially communist country. Despite China’s claims of “religious freedom,” the U.S. State Department as well as numerous watchdog groups consider China to be guilty of systemic religious oppression. The new rules are slated to come into force on February 1, 2018. An early draft of the regulations was...
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. A report on China’s new regulations regarding religion suggests that the norms are consciously intended to “annihilate underground communities” and “suffocate official communities,” rather than merely organize them. China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs...
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