You can walk into many large bookstores in China and buy a Bible - in Chinese.
I know quite a few Christians in China - people who are bureaucrats, artists, teachers. Christian beliefs do not have to be hidden, and the general population has high respect for the moral teachings and social actions of Christians.
That’s not to say the Chinese Government isn’t watching and controlling - they indeed are. As true leftists, their concern is 100% about politics - they fear the point where Christian morality and God’s law run contrary to State schemes and laws. Do not be smug though - because the US Government and many of our leftist, statist politicians here in the USA have the same fear and controlling instincts - although for now, they can not act as aggressively as China does.
Hand-in-glove with Government oppression, Christianity faces a moral vacuum and ultra-materialist, indifferent society in China. Many in China are attracted to Christianity because of this, but many more have simply accepted “the void” left by decades and generations of leftist, amoral, atheistic doctrine.
Yes, of course. Our government has been taken over by communists. It is complete power and control of the people and the wealth of the nation they seek, and they will not stop until they get it.
“You can walk into many large bookstores in China and buy a Bible - in Chinese.”
This is not true. The ONLY places where Bibles are legally sold in China is in the officially registered churches.
Bibles sold in China do not have ISBN #s. They are not for public consumption.