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Article: China today.(economy and religion)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- October 1, 2006
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The Chinese have a proverb, "If you visit for a week you can write a book; stay a lifetime and you won't be able to finish a sentence." It is a way of stating that China defies any attempt at a simple description. The more a person learns about China, the more complicated the subject becomes. China is too vast, too diverse, its population too large, its terrain too varied, and its history too rich for a single statement to capture every nuance of this most populous nation on earth.
Moreover, Chinese society is changing rapidly with its booming economy, a result of the seemingly contradictory combination of a socialist government with a market economy. Its rapidly ...