Religious Belief
China is a country with many religions, the most popular being
Buddhism, Taoism, Islam and Christianity (both Catholicism and
Protestantism). Currently, there are more than 100 million
religious believers in China, with more than 100,000 sites for
religious activities and 3,000-plus national and local religious
organizations. Of about 300,000 religious clerics, 200,000 are
Buddhist monks and nuns, 25,000 are Taoist monks and nuns, 40,000
are Islamic imams and akhunds (teachers), 4,000 are Catholic
clerics and 20,000 are Protestant clerics.
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