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Chinese Philosophies
and Religions
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Summary
| Fact
Sheet | Graphics |
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Religion
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Number
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Description
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Sites
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85,000
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All registered
religion sites
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Professionals
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300,000
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Ministers, priests
and other full time administrators
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Religion bodies
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3,000
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National
associations and organizations
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Publishers
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74
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Institutions
publish religion books, magazines and news
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Lamas Temples
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13,000
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Temples and
monasteries
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Lamas & nuns
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120,000
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Full time
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Buddha's temples
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3,000
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Temples and
monasteries
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Buddha
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1,700
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Full time
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Taoist temples
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1,500
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Permanent
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Priests/priestesses
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25,000
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Full time
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Religion believers
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100 million
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Most of them
Buddhists or Taoists
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Imams temples
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40,000
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Permanent
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Islamic temples
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30,000
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Permanent
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Moslems
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18 million
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Mainly minorities
in North, West or South-West
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Churches
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4,000
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Independent from
Rome
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Clergymen
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4,000
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Full time
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Catholics
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4 million
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Under
national association
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Churches
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12,000
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Permanent
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Assembly places
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25,000
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Warship places
other than churches
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Protestant
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10 million
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Comparing with
700,000 before 1949
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