A wealthy man in China who turned his back on business to become a Buddhist monk has given sanctuary to hundreds of single mothers and abandoned children.
The Chinese government cited national security interests for enacting the new law aimed at foreign institutions and individuals, purportedly to make religion more Chinese-oriented.
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Chapter-I primarily focuses on defining terms such as foreigners , religious activities of foreigners in China .
NEW DELHI: The avowedly atheistic Communist Party of China (CCP) has taken a much more aggressive stance against religious practices in the last several years under Xi Jinping’s leadership, including the creation of new rules limiting foreign influence on religion in China. Its intent has been to forcibly align the religions and the religious institutions remained aligned with the ideology of CCP. Xi’s administration is all geared up to introduce a set of new regulations to control the religious activities of foreign worshipers in China in line with the Chinese religion or say, religion with Chinese characteristics.