Commentary
On Feb. 1, new and onerous restrictions on churches, temples, shrines, and all forms of organized religious activity will come into force in China.
Chinese worshippers attend a holy communion during Christmas Mass at a Catholic church in Beijing on Dec. 24, 2009. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
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Steven W. Mosher
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Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of “Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order.” A former National Science Foundation fellow, he studied human biology at Stanford University under famed geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza. He holds advanced degrees in Biological Oceanography, East Asian Studies, and Cultural Anthropology. One of America’s leading China watchers, he was selected in 1979 by the National Science Foundation to be the first American social scientist to do field research in China.
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