Published: December 23rd, 2022,
Last updated: December 23rd, 2022
Tomorrow is Christmas. A holiday that also plays an important role in China. And not just as a consumer holiday. Officially, around 44 million Christians live in China. According to estimates, their number could actually be as high as 100 million, if the members of the so-called „underground“ or „house churches“ are included. These operate in a gray area. They are tolerated, but under Xi Jinping their freedoms have since been curtailed. And the pandemic has also made the work of the churches even harder. Fabian Peltsch reports on how China’s Christians celebrate Christmas.