The recent arrest of the prominent Beijing pastor Ezra Jin and several other “unregistered” church leaders reminds the world—if any reminder were needed—of China’s awful record of religious repression ...

At a banquet in Beijing in 1995 I had an opportunity to ask the man seated next to me, a high-ranking official in the Department of Education, how many Christians he thought there were in China.

Christianity may be fading in America, but in 2024, it helped put Donald Trump back in the White House. Evangelicals, Catholics, and other Christian voters backed him in even greater numbers than ...

Christianity made it to China a lot earlier than people once believed, said history professor Daniel Bays. Until now, the most authoritative book on the subject, the one still used in classrooms, was ...

The Christian community in Tang China managed to survive for as long as the emperors were tolerant of other religions. That changed during the rule of the emperor Wuzong (841-846 CE), who banned all ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. China regularly ranks among the worst-performing countries on freedom of religion. That makes sense, given the crackdown on ...

Chinese authorities formally arrested 18 leaders of a major underground church, clearing the way for their prosecution and potential prison sentences of up to three years. According to Reuters, which ...

Despite stringent controls, 1,300 Christian books are now available—legally—inside the communist country. China's communist government may be constricting freedom of worship in some places, such as ...

In his letter, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed May 24, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, to also be a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. National Shrine and Minor Basilica of Our Lady ...

Christianity is staging a comeback in China this year—a comeback almost unbelievable to those who remember its plight there in 1927. The change is due entirely to the war with Japan and the part ...

President Bush’s decision to take time out from his diplomatic schedule to pray with the congregants of the Protestant Gangwashi Church in western Beijing has been greeted as a welcome gesture of ...