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Despite the rapid economic growth of the Chinese nation, the country still continues to be governed by a totalitarian regime that, on face value, is very tolerant of religion, and Christianity in particular, but, deep down is still very anti-Christian, oppressive and where persecution for one's faith - even to the point of execution - is widespread.
The Chinese government sees Christianity as subversive of their totalitarian communist regime and also empowering for the mass population, which they aim to control through their communist ideologies.
There is an official church in China which is tolerated and which the Chinese authorities hold up as 'proof' that they are a free and fair nation and tolerant of religious belief. However this official church is heavily monitored by the state and as a result has many restrictions on worship, practices and what they are allowed to say about the Chinese authorities.
The majority of Christians in China belong either to 'house churches' - groups of Christians that meet in secret because of ongoing persecution and oppression - or who worship, pray and study The Bible alone, in isolation and in secret. It is these churches that are rapidly growing across China. It has been estimated that there are now at least 100 million Christians in China (although, because of the secretive nature of the house churches, this number is likely to be much higher) and this number is growing exponentially. It has been projected that if this growth continued, by 2020 the population of China could have a majority that is practising Christian.
Therefore, despite the oppressive nature of the Chinese government, is seems that the Holy Spirit is working throughout the Chinese Christians and growth there is astronomical. Although China is very much a totalitarian state, there are many in the West who now believe that through the growth of Christianity and the huge growth in the economy, and the need for China to be integrated into the international community, the oppressive communist regime's days are numbered.
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