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China orders crackdown on large outdoor religious statues

BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party has ordered local governments to better regulate the construction of large outdoor religious statues amid increasing restrictions on religious expression of all kinds. The directive from the United Front Work Department viewed on its websites Saturday appears targeted mainly at followers of Buddhism and Taoism, two of China's five officially recognized religions. It says regulating such statues and preventing further commercialization of religions must be a "top priority.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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