CNN attributes this outrage to Trump’s escalating trade wars. Bibles. Right between bacon and blueberries.
According to a new government white paper on religious freedoms, published this week, faiths must “adapt themselves to the socialist society.”
“Religious believers and non-believers respect each other, and live in harmony, committing themselves to reform and opening up and the socialist modernization, and contribute to the realization of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation,” the paper said, listing official Communist Party policies.
“(There is) a broader trend under President Xi Jinping to more tightly control religion, especially Christianity,” Amnesty’s Nee said. “It’s absurd that the government claims to promote religious freedom at the same time that they’re banning the sale of Bibles.”