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Women pray in front of paramilitary policemen at Yonghegong Lama Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster in Beijing, China.

Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China

May 2, 2017
Books

A variety of religions are thriving in post-Mao China.

Religion is alive and kicking in officially atheist China
A Taoist priest stands in sunlight to keep warm in the courtyard of the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in central Beijing.

Daoism gains a foothold, again, in China

January 30, 2015
Belief
Daoism gains a foothold, again, in China
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'Wall Street got drunk' and other pithy phrases for global crises
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South Carolina: it's not easy being 'so gay'

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Arts, Culture & Media
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London ad campaign upsets South Carolina

July 15, 2008
Global Politics
London ad campaign upsets South Carolina

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