By Christopher Landau, BBC News, China
Three decades ago, China's Cultural Revolution saw some of the most dramatic restrictions on the practice of religion ever seen in the modern world.
But today's communist rulers have radically altered their views about religion and have granted substantial freedom to Christians prepared to worship within state-sanctioned churches.
Within these boundaries, Christianity is growing in China as never before - and doing so supported by millions of dollars of government funding.
The BBC has been given unprecedented access to China's state-sanctioned Protestant and Catholic churches, to examine why the government seems so keen to invest in religion.
State funding
On the outskirts of Nanjing, a building site illustrates the scale of the communist state's commitment to supporting the development of Christianity.
Local officials say that the building under construction will become China's largest state-sanctioned church - with space for 5,000 worshippers.
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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
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It's really great what's happening in China. Apparently the chinese government is trying to make it a legal requirement that all couples do the Marriage course(linked to htb) to reduce the divorce rates! How Amazing is that!!
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