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Politburo studies ways to bring religious groups to heel

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The Party looks set to further crack down on religious organizations.
On Monday, Xi Jinping chaired a Politburo study session on the “sinicization of religion.”
Some context: Sinicization of religion essentially means making sure that China’s five officially sanctioned religions (Buddhism, Daoism, C...