The Chinese government banned religion during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. And although Christianity and other religions bounced back in the 1980s and ’90s as restrictions were ...

Fears about the decline of Christianity in China might be completely unfounded. People of faith there face persecution, but that undermines the reliability of data about religion.

Christianity is staging a comeback in China this year—a comeback almost unbelievable to those who remember its plight there in 1927. The change is due entirely to the war with Japan and the ...

Here are six facts about Buddhism in China, based on Pew Research Center’s recent report, “Measuring Religion in China.” The report analyzes surveys conducted by academic groups in China and Chinese ...

Christianity in China has stopped growing since 2010, according to an academic paper. "In 19 nationally representative surveys conducted since the early 2000s, the authors find no clear evidence ...

China had witnessed a dramatic growth in Christianity in the 1980s and 1990s when restrictions on the practice of religion that were imposed during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s ...

Vatican-China agreement has not brought improvement in religious freedom for Catholics, says federal commission's vice chair ...

A church sought 1,200 participants when it launched a Scripture-copying initiative. Millions of believers across the country ...

We examine the linkage between religious involvement and life satisfaction among adults in contemporary China, a largely nonreligious society. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies (2012, ...

Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the U.S. Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF).

The size of the Christian population in China has leveled off after the dramatic increases of the 1980s and 1990s, according to a Pew Research Center analysis released this week. This finding ...