TIANJIN: Chinese priest Lin Xiuqiang is pleased with his new Catholic church, its tall tower topped with a cross – and grateful to the Communist officials who paid US$19.6mil (RM74mil) to build it.
China’s Christians are divided between state-run churches which pledge allegiance to the Communist party, and “underground” congregations who maintain their independence.
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