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== Decline of Asian atheism ==
== Decline of Asian atheism ==
[[File:China location.png|thumbnail|right|405px|With its large population, China has the largest population of atheists.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf "The largest atheist/agnostic populations"]. Chris & Terri Chapman. Countries with the largest atheist populations.</ref>
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Yang Fenggang of Purdue University, in Indiana, says the Christian church in China has grown by an average of 10% a year since 1980. He reckons that on current trends there will be 250m Christians by around 2030, making China's Christian population the largest in the world.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21629218-rapid-spread-christianity-forcing-official-rethink-religion-cracks ''Cracks in the atheist edifice''], ''The Economist'', November 1, 2014</ref> ]]
''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]] and [[East Asia and global desecularization]]
''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]] and [[East Asia and global desecularization]]