One month before the Games in Beijing, the people are increasingly disillusioned over the Olympics. In a survey conducted by AsiaNews in China, many criticize the authorities for waste, corruption, surveillance. Instead of an image campaign, the 20 billion euros could have been used to overcome poverty and illiteracy, truly realizing the slogan of Hu Jintao: put the people first.
A Chinese Catholic from the underground Church sends AsiaNews a message for World Day of Prayer for the Church in China in which he highlights how the faithful pray in communion with the Pope despite hardships and repression, hopeful that he might soon bear witness to a true unity of the Church with the Pontiff.
More and more Party members adhere to underground Buddhism or Christianity. The Central Committee threatens excommunication but is powerless. Converts share their experiences.
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