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President Bush attended church in Beijing on Sunday, worshipping with Chinese Christians and singing “Amazing Grace.” But what happened outside the church says more about the state of religion in China. Earlier that morning, Hua Huiqi, the pastor of an illegal underground Christian church, was detained by police as he was biking to the service [...]

I found this interesting: John Pomfret of the Washington Post takes some wind from the sails of the argument that within 10-20 years China’s economy will outpace that of the United States. This was argued in The Economist, for example, recently. It’s curious that so many people that consider themselves “liberal” would celebrate the potential [...]