Chinese people, in other words, are more religious in their practices than in their identities or beliefs. The challenges of measuring religion in China. Some background information is useful for ...

Here are 10 things to know about how the Chinese government regulates religion, from our recent report, “Measuring Religion in China.” China is pursuing a policy of “Sinicization” that requires ...

A young Tibetan controversially appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to make the religion more Chinese.

Below, in the eastern Chinese city of Fuzhou, 58-year-old restaurant owner Theresa Liu was praying for the pope’s safe arrival in Mongolia. “He is not a young man so I was praying for him to ...