Less jail and torture, but more bureaucratic oversight - that's how China's approach to controlling religion has shifted in the past five years, says Human Rights Watch/Asia. The group said that the government has turned to a choking registration process out of fear that the rise of religion - Christianity and Islam, in particular - will bring with it discomfiting pluralistic ideals.
Religion in China
Less jail and torture, but more bureaucratic oversight - that's how China's approach to controlling religion has shifted in the past five years, says Human Rights Watch/Asia. The group said that the government has turned to a choking registration process out of fear that the rise of religion - Christianity and Islam, in particular - will bring with it discomfiting pluralistic ideals.
