Yunping Tong

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Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. ReferencesAikman David. 2006. Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing. Bays Daniel H. 2012. A New History of Christianity in China. Chichester, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Bian Yanjie, Li Lulu. 2012. “The Chinese General Social Survey (2003-8): Sample Designs and Data Evaluation.”Chinese Sociological Review 45(1):70–97.

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During the Cultural Revolution, religion was banned in China. When restrictions receded in the 1980s and 1990s, religion flourished as China entered into an era of economic reform and opened up to the world (Goossaert and Palmer 2011). Among China’s major religions, Christianity experienced the most prominent growth (Aikman 2006; Bays 2012).