You may have heard China has ‘banned’ the Bible app. But the truth is more complicated
By 
Alexander Chow2021-11-19T12:56:00
Last week, Apple removed the Bible and Quran from their Chinese app store in response to government pressure. Many have seen this as yet another restriction of religious freedom in China, but Dr Alexander Chow says such a concept never existed in the first place
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