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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, 2017Books

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

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