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[[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|250px200px|right|In 1955, [[China|Chinese]] communist leader Zhou Enlai declared, "We Communists are atheists".<ref>Noebel, David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.</ref> In 2015, the Communist Party of China reaffirmed that members of their party must be atheists.<ref>[httphttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/china-communist-party-atheism-zhejiang-ban-religious-members-christianity_n_6599722.html China's Communist Party Bans Believers, Doubles Down On Atheism]</ref>]] Several researchers — for exampleAccording to a 2012 Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll, Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas, former Canadian parliamentarian David Kilgour47% of Chinese people were convinced atheists, and the investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann estimate that tens of thousands of [[Falun Gong]] prisoners in communist China have been killed to supply a financially lucrative trade in human organs and cadaversfurther 30% were not religious. In comparison, and that these human rights abuses may only 14% considered themselves to be ongoing concernreligious.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.nyjournalofbookswinmr.com/book-reviewweb/files/slaughternews/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2012-mass11-killings-organ-harvesting Review of: Ethan Gutmann, “''The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem''”, (Prometheus Books, 2014).]28}}</ref>See: [[China and atheism]]

Several researchers — for example, Canadian human rights lawyer David Matas, former Canadian parliamentarian David Kilgour, and the investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann estimate that tens of thousands of [[AtheismFalun Gong]] is a integral part of Marxist-Leninist/Maoist prisoners in [[communism|communist]] ideology (see: [[Atheism and communism]]). In 1955, [[China|Chinese]] communist leader Zhou Enlai declaredhave been killed to supply a financially lucrative trade in human organs and cadavers, "We Communists are atheists".<ref>Noebel, David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.</ref> In 2015, the Communist Party of China reaffirmed and that members of their party must these human rights abuses may be atheistsongoing concern.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpostnyjournalofbooks.com/2015book-review/02/02/chinaslaughter-communistmass-partykillings-atheismorgan-zhejiang-ban-religious-members-christianity_n_6599722.html Chinaharvesting Review of: Ethan Gutmann, “'s Communist Party Bans Believers'The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Doubles Down On AtheismOrgan Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem''”, (Prometheus Books, 2014).]</ref>

The atheistic communist regime [[Atheism]] is an integral part of China has a long-standing track record of persecuting religious believers. In 1999, the publication Marxist–Leninist/[[Christian CenturyMao Zedong|Maoist]] reported that "communist ideology (see: [[ChinaAtheism and communism]] has persecuted religious believers by means of harassment, prolonged detention, and incarceration in prison or 'reform-through-labor' camps and police closure of places of worship)." In 20031955, owners of [[BibleChina|Chinese]]s in China were sent to prison camps and 125 Chinese churches were closedcommunist leader Zhou Enlai declared, "We Communists are atheists".<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35818 "China sends Bible owners to labor camp"] (November 26Noebel, 2003). ''WorldNetDaily''David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.</ref> In 2015, the Communist Party of China continues to practice religious oppression todayreaffirmed that members of their party must be atheists.<ref>[httphttps://theworldnowwww.wordpresshuffingtonpost.com/tag2015/around-the-world02/asia02/china/ "-communist-party-atheism-zhejiang-ban-religious-members-christianity_n_6599722.html China: Christians tortured while under arrest"'s Communist Party Bans Believers, Doubles Down On Atheism] (September 27, 2006). ''The World Now''. </ref>

However, despite The atheistic communist atheists efforts to suppress religion, Christianity is experiencing rapid growth in regime of China (see: has a long-standing track record of persecuting religious believers. In 1999, the publication [[Growth Christian Century]] reported that "[[China]] has persecuted religious believers by means of Christianity harassment, prolonged detention, and incarceration in prison or 'reform-through-labor' camps and police closure of places of worship." In 2003, owners of [[Bible]]s in Chinawere sent to prison camps and 125 Chinese churches were closed.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35818 "China sends Bible owners to labor camp"](November 26, 2003). ''WorldNetDaily''.</ref> China continues to practice religious oppression today.<ref>[http://theworldnow.wordpress.com/tag/around-the-world/asia/china/ "China: Christians tortured while under arrest"](September 27, 2006). ''The World Now''.</ref>

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