The Souls of China Quotes

“China’s official identity is a multiethnic state where all peoples, beliefs, and traditions are equally respected. The problem with this story is that Han Chinese run the country and it is their values, their dreams, and their traditions that define the national vision—not China’s fifty-five other ethnic groups. Coming”
― Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao

“The Beijing social commentator Li Fan once wrote a monograph on Christianity in China declaring that China’s unregistered churches were the only real example of civil society—in other words, organizations independent of government control that tried to change or improve society.”
― Ian Johnson, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao