Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that was banned by the Chinese government in 1999 but remained active in Hong Kong and ...
Our 2010 estimates of the size of religious groups differ from the 2010 estimates we published in previous reports, including “The Global Religious Landscape” (2012), “The Future of World Religions: ...
Beijing: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged newly appointed Pope Leo XIV to review the Vatican's 2018 agreement with the Chinese government, which gives Beijing significant control over the ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party's dictates Friday during a rare face-to-face meeting with ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Appearing before a congressional panel Thursday, Grace Jin Drexel said her father, Ezra Jin Mingri, was formally charged this week along with 17 other leaders of the prominent ...
Gerda Wielander received funding from the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to conduct research for her book Christian Values in Communist China (Routledge 2013). Chinese authorities ...
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Religion in geopolitics

Nepal, July 31 -- Buddha never undertook a journey to preach his teachings in the Himalayas. Born in Nepal, he attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya and first met his disciple in Sarnath, Varanasi, ...