=== Atheistic, Chinese communism and torture ===
According to a 2012 Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International Association (WIN/GIA) poll, 47% of Chinese people were convinced atheists, and a further 30% were not religious. In comparison, only 14% considered themselves to be religious.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130524174009/http://www.winmr.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf ''Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism''] (July 27, 2012). PDF file (Worldwide Independent Network/Gallup International), p. 3. Republished at ''Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research and Opinion Poll'' website. Archived at ''Internet Archive '' on May 24, 2013.</ref> See: [[China and atheism]]
The Chinese communist regime has used beatings, harassment and torture to suppress religion in China and continues to use these practices.<ref name="Amnesty1">Multiple references: