I did say "permitted religions" and I did say "no 1st amendment here." That means no practicing of full religious freedom. But, Buddhism is practiced openly and without any restriction or government interference. But, memories die hard. Christianity in the minds of many Chinese is still equated with western colonialism and imperialism--that "white man's burden" stuff--an imperialism that was heavily tinted with a Christian view that denigrated Chinese culture as paganist, and "woggish." You can feel its strong remnants especially in Hong Kong.
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