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Article: China criticized on religious freedom.(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- September 27, 2000
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A new State Department report critical of religious freedom violations in China is a "fabrication," according to Beijing officials, who have demanded that Washington correct the "mistaken" findings. "Through fabrication and twisting facts, this report attacks China's religious policy and freedom," Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said.
The second annual report issued by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom--which is charged with monitoring religious freedom abroad under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998--concluded that during the last six months of 1999 respect for religious freedom in China "deteriorated markedly," and noted ...