Only one-in-ten Chinese adults formally identify with a religion, but surveys indicate that religion plays a much bigger role in China when the definition is widened to include questions on ...

C hina has reacted to the announcement from the Dalai Lama that he will be reincarnated after his death and a successor will ...

On Friday, the Han-Tibetan version of the Modern Chinese Dictionary, compiled and translated over 13 years, was jointly ...

Based on formal religious identity, China is the least religious country in the world - with just 10% of Chinese adults self-identifying with a religion.

China will introduce new regulations on February 1 on how Islam and other religions can be practiced in its western Xinjiang Province, requiring mosques and ceremonies to reflect "Chinese ...

Pew's study showed Islam as the growing religion, driven by higher birth rates. Christianity's gap narrows, while religiously unaffiliated people rise globally.

While the number of Christians continued to grow from 2010 to 2020, the world’s population grew faster, according to the Pew Research Center.

A new State Department report on religious freedoms finds China is one of the worst offenders worldwide. Other countries including Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan and India.

Sacred texts: In China - Tao Te Ching, Analects of Confucius, I Ching. Other folk religions have their own texts. Basic tenets: Many Asians do not adhere to a single religion.

Each week Rome learns new details of the Reds’ increasingly successful drive, not to suppress but to capture the church in what is fast becoming one of the major schisms in Catholic history.

China has established influence over the Mazu faith in Taiwan through mediums such as its Religious Affairs Administration - which also engages with Christians, Buddhists and Taoists on the island ...

Chinese novelist Yan Lianke treats the deities of China's major religions as quiet, omnipresent participants in the novel's events, which range from slapstick comedy to shocking violence.