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Is there religious persecution in China?
Religion, like almost everything else about China, is complex. It is officially a Communist nation of 1.4 billion people and, by definition, atheist. But according to the State Council Information Office, there are more than 5,500 religious groups in China with more than 866 million adherents.
The government recognizes five official religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Protestantism, and…