The Christians always seem to want to change the culture of China to suit Christianity. Their reluctance to accept that western religion goes back a long, long way.

Here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Christian_Movement_(China)
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/cosmos/bgov/20th.htm

The current leadership in China well matches the earlier missionaries in intolerance.

Is persecution and intolerance acceptable in that instance?

Why indeed?

and also appears at the Religion News site.

million plus and growing . It seems like as a group, Christians would be a large force for the government to attack
"China has an estimated 38 million Protestants, and experts have predicted that the country will have the world’s largest Christian population in a few decades."

A power move to keep people loyal to the government only?

with citizens for where they look for guidance, and direction IMO

I know in the recent past as religions have grown there they were working on it's place in China such as banning all religion in public schools etc. .
I don't believe the party ever thought even the Buddhist revival there would explode as it has. What can they do now with over hundreds of millions of them out in the open- a giant group compared to the smaller Muslim and Christian populations ?

Some of the older people now going to the temples and the new churches were raised in the red book red guard 50s-60s era where they spent thier teens not in school getting a formal education , but sent for years marching to areas to remove among other things religious
( mostly Buddhist / Tao )symbols what they have seen in a lifetime!

after the implosion of the USSR.

Perhaps the governments in both countries misunderstood how deep the roots of belief are.

Demanding loyalty to what?

Atheism? Nope.

The Communist Party? Yep.

As usual, your lame attempt to equate the Chinese government's actions with atheism fall completely flat.

You keep trying though, and everyone else will keep laughing at you. I like that arrangement.

intolerant atheists who happen to be Communists?

Or are they intolerant Communists who happen to be atheists?


Or are they examples of people being intolerant?

Creating whatever false equivalencies are necessary to do so.

You have proven beyond a doubt you are not interested in sincere dialog, so I will not even attempt to do so with you anymore.

Sorry, I forgot that we are not having a dialogue.

It's to point out that you are completely and utterly wrong in just about everything you say.

I'm proud of my agenda.

But you said "just about". Does that mean that we agree on one thing?

But when you're wrong, you're dead wrong.

of Tibetans and Mongolians. Millions are imprisoned and tortured and demanded to give up their religions. The christians aren't special. The Chinese don't believe in religion. Remember?

Anything that threatens either earns a violent response.

A strategic hate, coupled perhaps with general intolerance.

for their citizens and other residents. China is one of them.

What do you propose be done about it, Gil?

Attempting to divert?

That sentence is a question, Gil. You can tell it's a question because at the end of it, you see one of these: ?

What do you propose be done?

The one at the very top of your post in the small box.

It is an issue for the Chinese people to solve. The US Government will say nothing because the 1% do a lot of business with China.

Don't tolerate organized Christian worship. Historically, some Christian nations made war against other religions. National, cultural and religious bigotry and intolerance are constants.

Deplorable, isn't it?

We have American Christians who destroy crosses - by burning

The Ku Klux Klan has always been explicitly a Christian organization.

Too bad you're not very good at it.

Any comment on the actual issue of intolerance?

If you find anyone interested in discussing this issue, please point me in their direction.