Poll Finds Surge of Religion Among Chinese
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BEIJING, Feb. 7 -- A new government-sponsored survey on spirituality in China has found that the number of religious believers among the country's 1.3 billion people is far higher than generally  known, amounting to as many as 300 million.
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The mainland's largest Bible printer has run off 50 million copies, as the number of believers surges. But freedom of religion is lagging far behind
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Former prime minister Tony Blair's  conversion to Catholicism means he is now a member of the most  popular Christian denomination in Britain, according to  religious research published on Sunday.
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A provocative study asks whether religion is a product of evol ution. Inside a quest for the roots of faith
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China&#39;s population, already the largest in the world, will peak at 1.46 billion in 30 years, straining the country&#39;s healthcare system, putting pressure on jobs, and gobbling up a greater share of the world&#39;s food and energy resources.
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BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- There was Hu Jintao, head of the Chinese Communist Party, warmly shaking hands at a party-sponsored New Year's tea party with one of the country's main Christian leaders. To make sure the message got through to China's 68 million party faithful, a large photograph of the moment...
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Unofficial count finds increased Chinese presence in Tibet.
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Chinese stocks rose to a new high Thursday, surging past the previous peak set in 2001 amid renewed confidence in the country's markets and expectations for a stronger local currency.
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A provocative study asks whether religion is a product of evolution. Inside a quest for the roots of faith
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Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Unconfirmed reports say that Muslims from across China are trying to get to Nanren where minority Hui Muslims have clashed with majority Han Chinese.
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China had 19.87 million Internet bloggers at the beginning of November -- a 24 percent increase over the past 12 months.
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China's shopping malls in late December  leave little doubt that the country has been smitten by  Christmas, if not in quite the way devout Christians might  hope.
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VATICAN CITY, June 30 -- Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday made his most significant attempt to unite millions of Chinese Catholics, urging the underground faithful and followers of the state-run church to overcome decades of animosity and distrust.
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BEIWU, China  - Ethnic rivalries have sparked  recent violent clashes in China, where the government has its  hands full trying to control a country of 1.3 billion people as  economic differences bubble into unrest with growing frequency.
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BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have detained a prominent, US-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said yesterday.
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China's cuisine is being altered by the growing popularity of fast food, with Chinese now more likely than Americans to eat takeout meals.
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In voter registration drives, sermons and voter guides, religious groups from across the ideological spectrum have intensified the level of their political activity this year, prompted in part by right-left culture clashes and the legacy of the tight presidential race in 2000.