He explained that only certain printers in China were granted a license to print Bibles, and even then there were rules. What are the rules? I asked. If there are—how you say—reference maps in the back of the Bible, Tibet and China must be printed in the same color. Otherwise the officials won’t allow the Bibles to ship. Taiwan too. Hong Kong. They must all be printed in the same colors as China. You know, we are all one, he said, letting slip an ironic grin. So it seems like Chinese authorities aren’t as sensitive to religious content as they are to political content?
