China became a home for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the first millennium. Presently, they still exist in the country—alongside Buddhism, Confucianism, and other religions—but the majority of the people are non-religious or atheists. In the past twenty years, China has taken a strong stance against certain religious groups. Nearly one million Uighur Muslims were forced into concentration camps in order to reeducate them. The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, recently met with China’s President Xi and expressed to him that “China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security.” However, the Turkish President Erdogan accused China of “genocide.” In 2018, an Evangelical Christian church named the Golden Lampstand Church was destroyed by Chinese officials. Even Protestant and Catholic churches have been demolished in what appears to be the attempt to control religion.
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