CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. China regularly ranks among the worst-performing countries on freedom of religion. That makes sense, given the crackdown on ...

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Buddhism originated around the fifth century B.C.E. in India, but today, more Buddhists live in China than India. Han Buddhism, the dominant branch of Buddhism in China, has blended with local belief ...

Authorities in a southern region of China near Vietnam’s border have continued a crackdown on ethnic minority communities with forcible evictions and relocation, allegedly to save them from ...

Chinese traditional religion encompasses a blend of indigenous beliefs, rituals, and philosophical traditions that have evolved over thousands of years in China. This religious landscape includes ...

Chinese spirit mediums in Singapore, an ethnographic study / Ju Shi Huey -- Chinese divination / Choong Ket Che -- The Sam Poh Neo Neo Keramat, a study of a Baba Chinese temple / Cecilia Ng Siew Hua - ...

Our 2010 estimates of the size of religious groups differ from the 2010 estimates we published in previous reports, including “The Global Religious Landscape” (2012), “The Future of World Religions: ...