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2018 brought one of China’s worst crackdowns on religion, from the astonishing persecution of
the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province to a series of raids
(https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/12/14/china-charges-pastor-subversion-
church-raids/) against “underground” Christian churches.
Some Chinese cities banned Christmas decorations and celebrations in an e ort to establish
the primacy of the communist government and stoke the res of nationalism at the height of a
trade war with the United States.
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Christmas decorations reportedly have been banned in at least four cities this
year, including Langfang, about 55km (34 miles) south of Beijing, where shop
windows were stripped of Christmas stickers and streets were kept free of
Christmas banners and lights.
The capital itself seems free from such bans, though. As a South China Morning
Postreporter found, people were continuing to mark Christmas across the
sprawling metropolis in ways both commercial and religious, though for the most
part Christmas has largely continued to be a shopping festival in Beijing and
other cities.
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