Over 23 million Christians in China, official survey shows

by Francis Wong
Thursday, August 12, 2010

HONG KONG - Christians in China now number just over 23 million, according to the results of the communist country’s first official faith survey.

Although that figure amounts to only 1.8% of the total population, it represents 73 per cent of China’s religious population.

The figures were contained in the newly published Blue Book on China Religions, compiled by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, an academic unit under the control of the Chinese government, according to China Daily. the rest