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"title": "Religion in China"
"description": "The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on religion in China and Asia, including reports, event transcripts, polling data and news clips. Pew Forum Resources China Report Religion in China on the Eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics May 2, 2008 Senior Fellow Brian Grim examines the religious […]"
"date": "2008-07-10"
"authors":
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"name": "Benjamin Wormald"
"job_title": "Senior Engineer"
"link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2008/07/10/publicationpage-aspxid971/"
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# Religion in China
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on religion in China and Asia, including reports, event transcripts, polling data and news clips.
## Pew Forum Resources
### China
Report [Religion in China on the Eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics](/docs/?DocID=301) May 2, 2008 Senior Fellow Brian Grim examines the religious demographics of China and finds that nearly a third of the Chinese public considers religion to be important in their lives.
Event [Building a ‘Harmonious Society’ in China](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2005/09/26/building-a-harmonious-society-in-china/) Sept. 26, 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life co-hosted a panel addressing the role of faith-based organizations in China’s emerging civil society at a conference at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
### Asia
Report [Presidential Election in South Korea Highlights Influence of Christianity](/docs/?DocID=269) Dec. 12, 2007 The presidential election in South Korea on Dec. 19, 2007, drew attention to the growing presence of Christianity in a country that as recently as 1960 had fewer than a million Christians.
Overview [Pentecostalism in Asia](/surveys/pentecostal/asia/) Oct. 5, 2006 An overview of pentecostal history and politics in Asia, one of three continents included in [Spirit and Power](/surveys/pentecostal/), a global survey of pentecostal and charismatic Christians.
Other Resources
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**Pew Research Center**
Dec. 18, 2008 [Global Public Opinion in the Bush Years: Rise of China](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/global/reports/display.php?ReportID=263) Pew Global Attitudes Project
June 12, 2008 [Global Economic Gloom – China and India Notable Exceptions](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/global/reports/display.php?ReportID=260) Pew Global Attitudes Project
March 27, 2008 [Few in China Complain About Internet Controls](http://pewresearch.org/pubs/776/china-internet) Pew Internet & American Life Project
Dec. 11, 2007 [How the World Sees China](http://pewresearch.org/pubs/656/how-the-world-sees-china) Pew Global Attitudes Project
Sept. 21, 2006 [Publics of Asian Powers Hold Negative Views of One Another](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/global/reports/display.php?ReportID=255) Pew Global Attitudes Project |  |  |  | 
**News**
July 9, 2009 [China ramps up efforts to stop deadly ethnic violence](/news/display.php?NewsID=18353) *Los Angeles Times*
July 7, 2009 [Scores killed in ethnic riots in China](/news/display.php?NewsID=18332) *The Washington Post*
June 14, 2009 [Gay festival in China pushes official boundaries](/news/rss.php?NewsID=18247) *The New York Times*
June 6, 2009 [China creates specter of dueling Dalai Lamas](/news/display.php?NewsID=18228) *The New York Times*
May 19, 2009 [China fails to stem cell claims](/news/display.php?NewsID=18124) *The Irish Times* |  |  |  | 
**Other websites**
June 11, 2008 [Symposium: China’s Dynamic Religious Landscape](http://www.cfr.org/publication/16385/symposium_on_religion_and_the_future_of_china.html) Council on Foreign Relations
May 16, 2008 [Religion in China](http://www.cfr.org/publication/16272/) Council on Foreign Relations
Aug. 24, 2006 [Beijing Wary as Religion Flourishes in China](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5704322) NPR
March 19, 2004 [Freedom of Religion in China](http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1933.html) Association for Asia Research |
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