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Title : |
Decades of Vacillation : Chinese Communist Religious
Policy and Its Implementation |
Author : |
Anthony S.K. Lam |
Publisher : |
Holy Spirit Study Centre |
Language: |
English |
Publication date : |
September 2003 |
Edition : |
First edition |
Number of pages : |
118 pages |
Binding : |
Paperback |
ISBN : |
962-86367-3-1 |
Price : |
HK$50.00/US$7.00 (postage excluded) |
Introduction : |
The Chinese Communist Party knew few days of peace after its founding in 1921 but
instead responded to one crisis after another. So government policy, including religious
policy in the PRC, saw a number of painful lurches
from tight control to relaxation
and back to tight restrictions. War, civil war and internal struggles led to a deep
desire to monitor and control everything in society through the state security apparatus.
The author chronicles the earlier flip-flops and amply documents and current regulations
for monitoring and supervising religious groups. Current policy satisfies neither
the government, which gets little return for its effort, nor religious believers
who move and breathe with difficulty. |
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