Abstract
This issue of Chinese Law and Government presents translations of key Chinese government and Communist Party policy statements and directives which define and regulate the relationship between the Chinese state and the social collectivities organized around religious practice. Notwithstanding the lofty pronouncements of the Chinese constitution, these documents make clear that Chinese authorities continue to view religion as no more than an ephemeral phenomenon, destined to "disappear from human history" as economic development takes hold and socialism approaches maturity.' In this official view, however, religion's demise, even in China, is not to be expected within the life-span of a generation or even of generations, nor will coercive tactics hurry the process.2 What's needed in the meantime is systematic regulation.
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