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Religious Freedom in China Date: August 26, 2008
As China assumes a larger role in the global economy, the government is allowing more freedoms for its people, including an easing of restrictions on religious practices. As part of KPR's series on China, Commentator John Richard Schrock says he's seen a growing interest in religion during his frequent trips to that country. But Schrock says the Chinese government also remains committed to protecting its more traditional concept of religious freedom: the freedom from religion.

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Commentator John Richard Schrock is a professor of biology education at Emporia State University. Since the mid 1970s, Schrock has spent several weeks a year teaching and lecturing in China.

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