[[File: Blue Marble.jpg|right|200px|thumbnail|Atheism is in [[Global atheism|decline worldwide]], with the number of atheists falling from 4.5% of the world’s population in 1970 to 2.0% in 2010 and projected to drop to 1.8% by 2020.<ref name="cnsnews.com">[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/global-study-atheists-decline-only-18-world-population-2020 Global Study: Atheists in Decline, Only 1.8% of World Population by 2020]</ref> See: [[Desecularization]] ]]
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[[File:Xi Jinping March 2017.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Xi Jinping]] is the President of the [[People's Republic of China]], current General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of China]], and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
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The Communist Party of China requires that all their members be atheists and this is strictly enforced.]]
Historically, atheists have favored the [[leftism|left]] side of the political aisle (see: [[Atheism and politics]]).
Historically, atheists have favored the [[leftism|left]] side of the political aisle (see: [[Atheism and politics]]).