Troop surge
The growth of Christianity in China is swift and bigger than we thought
Marvin Olasky

We've looked in this issue at what's happening in some large cities. It's been nine months since I visited China and reported to you the wildfire growth of Christianity in the largest country in the world—and that growth seems to be continuing: One Beijing official recently estimated that the number of Chinese Christians has reached 125 million.

Compare that enormous surge with the number of arrests of Christians last year for religious reasons—600, according to the U.S.-based religious-rights group China Aid Association—and it seems as if Chinese Communists are trying to stop a charging water buffalo with a pea-shooter. the rest