Xi’s ‘Communism With Chinese Characteristics’ Has Triggered A Religious Revival

Since the dawn of the 20th century, China has been deeply concerned about the place of religion in the country’s society and politics. Both the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist party tended to associate religion with China’s corrupt, inefficient and feudal past presided over by a series of Emperors claiming a divine right to rule. Therefore, both the nationalist KMT led by Sun