Commie China fears organized religion of all kinds with fervent mass followings that can potentially overthrow its authoritarian regime anytime with some triggering event. That's why it even heavily cracked down on harmless (yet fervent) Falong Gong practitioners
Anything that claims a moral authority greater than the state, or a higher purpose to life than existing, is a threat to any dictatorship. Those two things are both powerful motivators in opposition to an unjust authority, and so whether it is an organized religion or even just a compelling system of philosophy, it cannot be allowed to thrive.
China (CCP) hates Christianity!
Commie China fears organized religion of all kinds with fervent mass followings that can potentially overthrow its authoritarian regime anytime with some triggering event. That's why it even heavily cracked down on harmless (yet fervent) Falong Gong practitioners
Anything that claims a moral authority greater than the state, or a higher purpose to life than existing, is a threat to any dictatorship. Those two things are both powerful motivators in opposition to an unjust authority, and so whether it is an organized religion or even just a compelling system of philosophy, it cannot be allowed to thrive.