JNI 583 - The number of people in communist China who describe themselves as 'religious' is a startling three times more than the official estimate, according to the country's first major survey on religious beliefs.

The poll of about 4,500 people, conducted by professors Tong Shijun and Liu Zhongyu of Shanghai-based East China Normal University from 2005 till recently, found that 31.4 percent of Chinese aged 16 and above, or about 300 million, are religious. This is in sharp contrast to the official figure of 100 million, which has remained largely unchanged for years... (continued in full edition)

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