People on Social Welfare Ordered to Worship CCP, Not God
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Portraits of Mao Zedong are replacing religious symbols in homes of believers.
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By 2018, official Chinese government statistics said there were 39 million Protestants in China. Scholars estimate that including house church worshipers pushes the real number to at least 80 million — almost 6% of China’s population, on par with Communist Party membership.