Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015.    REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

China attacks Christians – With insights from The Wall Street Journal

'There are reports of Catholic churches being forced to replace pictures of the Virgin Mary with portraits of Xi Jinping', says Mead.
Published on

Stats SA's 2016 Community Survey reported that almost 44m South Africans describe themselves as Christians (graphically illustrated below in CRA's 2020 Socio Economic Survey). With Xmas three days away, for most SA citizens, religion is uppermost in their minds. So the story below from our partners at the Wall Street Journal carries special relevance – Christianity's greatest ever growth has evoked a powerful response from Chinese bureaucrats, part of which is a "rewrite" of the Bible. – Alec Hogg

Use Spotify? Access BizNews podcasts here.

Use Apple Podcasts? Access BizNews podcasts here.

___STEADY_PAYWALL___

Loading content, please wait...

Related Stories

No stories found.
BizNews
www.biznews.com