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Countdown to the Olympics - Religion in China

How well is China fulfilling its commitment to improvements in religious freedom?

When China won the bid for the 2008 Olympics it had to promise to improve human rights. Gerry Northam looks at how well it is doing in the area of religious rights. He finds an official Church with an official line, an underground church claiming persecution, plus Muslims and Buddhists with stories of persecution.

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22 minutes

成人快手 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project