LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE

China: Crackdown on Buddhism

In China, the government is not only cracking down on Muslims, but on other religions as well as it pushes to assert communist ideology. Buddhist temples have been closed or demolished, while a campaign has been launched to destroy hundreds of statues of Buddha. The destruction of the giant Guan-yin Buddha has drawn international condemnation

08 September 2020 · 02:36 UTC

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