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Calls for Government to reverse 'ban' on Bibles Warren Wang, 30, a Christian who migrated to Sydney from Shanghai in eastern China in 2012, told the ABC many Chinese Christians saw this coming. Meanwhile, William Nee, China researcher at Amnesty International, said the Chinese Government should immediately reverse its ban on the sale of Bibles, and ensure all Christians and people of other regions could exercise their faith without government interference or intimidation.
But non-government estimates have suggested that China actually has closer to 100 million Christians, making it one of the biggest Christian countries in the world. Attendees run the constant risk of harassment, and sometimes detention, by the authorities. One Weibo user pointed out, to the agreement of many others, the Bible itself has no official issuance number and is not officially approved by the Chinese Government for publication. Well, perhaps he would, according to one Beijing based priest, who serves in an official, state-sanctioned church.
Media captionAuthorities in China are keen to tighten control on the Christian Church as John Sudworth reports March 2016 If Jesus was alive today, would he be a tout of the Chinese Communist Party. But non-government estimates have suggested that China actually has closer to 100 million Christians, making it one of the biggest Christian countries in the world. Well, perhaps he would, according to one Beijing based priest, who serves in an official, state-sanctioned church. But at con the same time the paper was released, Chinese social media users began noticing that Bibles were disappearing online. Searches for the Bibles on China's largest e-commerce platforms including Taobao, Jingdong and Amazon as well as DangDang. Chinese Catholic bishops are not appointed by the Pope, tout from a breakdown in relations between Beijing and the Vatican in 1951. Chairman Mao may have failed to destroy the church, but the modern Communist Party has gone one better, it has succeeded in co-opting it. Nanjing is also home to the world's largest Bible-printing factory and the first Idea-printing factory in China — the company has printed 155 million copies of the Bible in 90 more languages distributed to more than 70 countries around the world. 
Bibles pulled from China's online bookstores as Beijing releases white paper on religious policy - Mr Wang said he was interested in Christianity when he was still living in China, and used to go to government-backed churches in Shanghai. But at nearly the same time the paper was released, Chinese social media users began noticing that Bibles were disappearing online.
But at nearly the same time the paper was released, Chinese social media users began noticing that Bibles were disappearing online. Searches for the Bibles on China's largest e-commerce platforms including Taobao, Jingdong and Amazon as well as DangDang. Some Christianity-related books have also been blocked on Taobao. It added that of its nearly 200 million religious citizens, Christians accounted for more than 38 million, while Catholics made up about 6 million. But non-government estimates have suggested that China actually has closer to 100 million Christians, making it one of the biggest Christian countries in the world. However only the worshippers of the Government's state-sponsored Patriotic Church are officially recognised. The Bible to be 'reinterpreted and retranslated' In the past 24 hours, many netizens and observers have scrambled to speculate on why the Bible may have been pulled from online bookshelves — the most common interpretation being that it would be replaced with a state-revised edition. One Weibo user pointed out, to the agreement of many others, the Bible itself has no official issuance number and is not officially approved by the Chinese Government for publication. The document, titled Principle for Promoting the Chinese Christianity in China for the Next Five Years 2018-2022 , was formally launched in Nanjing in eastern China on March 28. Some social media users said Bibles started coming down from the websites on March 30. Nanjing is also home to the world's largest Bible-printing factory and the first Bible-printing factory in China — the company has printed 155 million copies of the Bible in 90 more languages distributed to more than 70 countries around the world. Calls for Government to reverse 'ban' on Bibles Warren Wang, 30, a Christian who migrated to Sydney from Shanghai in eastern China in 2012, told the ABC many Chinese Christians saw this coming. Mr Wang said he was interested in Christianity when he was still living in China, and used to go to government-backed churches in Shanghai. Meanwhile, William Nee, China researcher at Amnesty International, said the Chinese Government should immediately reverse its ban on the sale of Bibles, and ensure all Christians and people of other regions could exercise their faith without government interference or intimidation.