Interesting.

capitalism, huh.

this will be a pretty historical development to watch.

Huh, that's interesting. So there's massive movement towards Christianity over there?

what's interesting is the different levels it is taking-- official church vs. unauthorized movements, too.

and that idea that it is viewed as a shelter from the ideals and attitudes of capitalism.

"What the authorities consider non-negotiable is the house churches' refusal to acknowledge any official authority over their organisation."

that's pretty oldschool-- definitely not something new in church history.

"underground" denominations have a long history of persecution. It'll be interesting to see how and if that changes.

"to protect and respect religion until such time as religion itself will disappear".

that is a very interesting quote

yes, I thought so.

not surprising from a government for whom atheism is an official position, and religion a persistently lingering feature of the governed.

/nod

Isn't their government ridiculously strict?

they banned time travel in fiction or something

yeah, they did

well... China's government has an interesting and complicated history, that is worth looking into. It might be wrong to say it is strictly

that for all fiction, or just their TV dramas?

Because I wonder how that would affect media from other countries :|a

"communist", now. But there are severe limitations on media in many forms.

Well, true communism is impossible, anyway. :|a

What other limitations are there? I know their internet prohibits free speech

it depends on what the government regards as threatening to stability.

i'm not sure...

that can extend from everything from movies, art, websites, newpapers, music, and religion.

i know there was a war between them and Google, briefly

sometimes there is an official or governmentally sanctioned version of these things, for that reason.

that's why the article distinguishes between the official church and the "underground" church.

persecution has been an issue in China for a very long time, on racial and religious levels.

my family has been in contact with Christian churches there for years, as part of my grandpa's job.

enforcement can and has ranged from making your life really difficult, to physical torture.

their knowledge of their own history is forcibly censored.

you won't hear many native Chinese who even know what happened at Tienanmen Square.

or have seen the images.

like it never happened.

"Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of the government suppression of the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square,

the government ordered internet portals, forums and discussion groups to shut down their servers for maintenance between 3 and 6 June."

Wow. I would hate to live in a place with such an authoritarian government. x_x Nothing against the people or the culture!

.......jfc

politics with the foundations of religion