https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-arrests-christians-in-escalating-crackdown/ar-BBR88bg?ocid=spartandhp
China strictly regulates organized religion, and sometimes conducts crackdowns on religious groups that appear to be getting too big. This always stimulates much uproar among Christians in the United States, who seem to think all of this stems from China being run by “godless communists.” It’s interesting they don’t have much to say about Saudi Arabia, where loaning a Bible to a friend can result in execution.
Personally, I think China is smarter about organized religion than we are. Yes, they are too repressive, but they avoid the problem of religious leaders meddling in secular politics. I wish we could figure out how to curtail religious incursions into our secular politics.