# Chinese Christians

By 2030, Purdue  sociologist Fenggang Yang says there could be 247 million Christians in China.  That would be more than the U.S., Mexico, or Brazil - in fact, the biggest number in one country in the world.

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Officials in Beijing are not happy with that prediction and are trying to refute it.  Under Mao Zedong, religion was banned but Christian house churches flourished.   For an atheist state, there's a whole lot of believers there.

But CNN reported just yesterday that a church was bulldozed by government order in the city of Sanjiang: 

 "Christian rights group China Aid says the faithful are worried that the church demolition could be a sign that the government is tightening its grip over the spread of Christianity in China."