Imagine the outcry in Australia, America or elsewhere in the West if the state mandated the licensing of religions and their clergy and prescribed that they must support the government and adhere to the principles of the state administration. This is what the Chinese communist regime has mandated.
In the ‘State Administration of Religious Affairs’ order made on 8 January and due to take effect on 1 May, the communist government established a system for the registration of clergy of five authorised religions.
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