What impact has the Chinese Government had on Chinese Buddhism so far?
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I've seen quite a few news reports that focus on the huge growth of Christianity in China so naively I would have expected that this would now have overtaken Buddhism. However this report states that
The growth of Christianity is impressive, but Buddhist growth is extraordinary, especially with the country's history of official ideology of atheism
The figures are
- 18% identify as Buddhist
- 15% identify as Atheist
- 3.2% identify as Christian
Considering the vigorous supression during the cultural revolution (all monasteries closed, lands confiscated) it's notable that Buddhism has remained a substantial religion within China. However the attitudes of the Chinese authorities does appear to have softened and Buddhist are seen as a source of societal good. The Chinese government is clearly still very capable of suppressing religious movements (e.g. Falun Gong) and cultures (Tibetan) it finds threatening. Fortunately Buddhism doesn't appear to currently be a focus for this suppression.
As a reference note: This is a summary of the section on Buddhism in China from An Introduction to Buddhism by Peter Harvey (pp 409 - 410 in my copy).
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