re: "COMMUNIST regimes rarely advertise their failures. This makes all the more striking the recent report about religion's resurgence in China on the front page of the Chinese Communist Party's English-language flagship, China Daily...[...snip...]... /Even more striking are the demographics associated with China's religious growth. /First, two-thirds of those polled who considered themselves religious were aged between 16 and 39. As one survey organiser noted: "This is markedly different from the previous decade, when most religious believers were in their 40s or older." /The second variable was that the increase in religiosity was overwhelmingly in China's coastal regions; specifically, the areas opened to free trade and commerce during the past 25 years...[...snip...]...But perhaps the more immediate question concerns how the Chinese authorities will address these developments..."...
hat tip: Acton Institute
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