China rules on religion 'relaxed'
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China has announced new rules on religious groups aimed at ending discrimination on grounds of belief.
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The effect on YouTube and other sites isn't clear, but China says it will restrict broadcasting to state-owned or state-controlled providers.
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A member of China's state-run Catholic Church welcomes the Pope's message but Beijing is less positive.
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China is tightening control over its online music and game industries, ordering distributors to submit all imported products for approval by official censors, the government said Tuesday.
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China is tightening controls on its booming online game industry, requiring distributors to closely monitor game contents after some were found that included forbidden religious or political material, a state news agency said Tuesday.
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BEIJING, Feb. 7 -- A new government-sponsored survey on spirituality in China has found that the number of religious believers among the country's 1.3 billion people is far higher than generally  known, amounting to as many as 300 million.
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China's government backpedaled slightly from its earlier policy concerning video sites, now saying that existing sites can continue to operate.
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The move is part of a government crackdown on graft by ChinaÂs president that has focused on prominent political opponents.
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The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh bans the propagation of other religions in holy places across the state.
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Italy's reputation for religious tolerance was in the balance last week after a ban on women wearing burqas instigated in a tiny Alpine village began spreading across the country.
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Chinese authorities have imposed martial law on parts of China&#39;s central Henan province after deadly clashes between China&#39;s ethnic Han majority and members of the Muslim Hui minority.
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Capping a rocky but peaceful transition of power, China&#39;s ruling Communist Party on Sunday eased former paramount leader Jiang Zemin out of his last formal post as head of the military
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China is drafting new laws to make it   easier for people to donate their organs in a country with long   transplant waiting lists, state media said on Tuesday.
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China on Sunday announced rules   requiring foreign media to seek approval from the state news   agency Xinhua to distribute news, pictures and graphics   domestically.
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Chinese health foods will no longer be allowed to make exaggerated claims about their effects or have names that are too long, too confusing or "feudal", according to new government rules.
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By Joseph Kahn  China imposed broad new restrictions on the distribution of foreign news inside the country Sunday, beefing up state regulations on the news media and raising more questions on the freedom of journalists to report.
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At a time when China's government has granted the foreign media greater freedom, it is tightening controls on Chinese who write about politically sensitive or embarrassing topics, human rights activists and journalists say.