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From 2020–21, estimates of the number of Christians in China ranged from 5.1 to 7.4% of the population. [15] In reports of countries with the strongest anti-Christian persecution, China was ranked by the Open Doors organization in 2019 as the 27th most severe country [27] [28] and in 2023 as 16th most severe. [29]
According to the Chinese constitution, the People's of Republic of China is under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Article 36 of the Chinese constitution explicitly deals with religious affairs. It states: "The People's Republic of China has freedom of faith and religion.
In 1979, the government officially restored the Three-Self Church after thirteen years of non-existence, [45] and in 1980, the China Christian Council (CCC) was formed. Since then, persecution of Christians in China has been sporadic. During the Cultural Revolution, believers were arrested and imprisoned and sometimes tortured for their faith. [81]
In a statement to NBC News after Lin’s release, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, “China is a country governed by the rule of law, and the relevant Chinese authorities handle related matters ...
In 2006, Lin returned to China in an attempt to establish a Christian missionary training center in Beijing. [7] He was detained that same year, after working with a "house church" which was unauthorized by the Chinese government. [6] [8] He was formally arrested on charges of contract fraud in 2009. [6]
The status of religious freedom in Asia varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the country ...
China has persecution of Christians. [3] A significant minority of the Catholics of China is in Hebei. [4] Bishop Leon Yao Liang was from Hebei. [5] Joseph Guo Jincai has been made a bishop of Chengde in Hebei without consent of the pope. [6] Underground Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo was arrested in 2008. [7]
Christians are especially concentrated in the three provinces of Henan, Anhui and Zhejiang. [101] The latter two provinces were in the area affected by the Taiping Rebellion, and Zhejiang along with Henan were hubs of the intense Protestant missionary activity in the 19th and early 20th century. Christianity has been practiced in Hong Kong ...