CHINA: Ban on Online Bible Sales

Source: World Watch Monitor, April 16, 2018

China’s Christians may not be surprised by recent tighter government control of religious affairs, including a ban on online Bible sales. But they are unsure what comes next.

Following [last] month’s announcement that Bibles could no longer be made available online, large websites like Taobao, Jingdong, Weidian, Dangdang, and Amazon China have now stopped selling them. The Catholic news website UCAN reported that “books about Christianity have also been blocked and the business licenses of some shops have been canceled,” and that, according to social media users, websites had started to stop the sale of Bibles as early as March 30.

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