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The US government has called on China to pay more attention to "liberty enforcement" in the matter of religion. Although China has done much to improve its economic and human rights record since becoming one of America's most favoured trading and banking partners, work still remains before it can take its place among the world's truly civilised nations, said the US Secretary of State.
American concerns centre on the Chinese Patriotic League, an evangelical sect with an increasingly large following, particularly among young Chinese. Among other things, the Patriotic League believes that China has a "historic mission" to lead the world and purify it of "undesirable elements".
It is thought that some of the higher echelons of the Chinese government may already have been penetrated by members of the Patriotic League, and that this may partly account for China's hardline stance on such issues as the US presence in Taiwan.
"The United States and its allies, which have always stood up for freedom of thought and the brotherhood of mankind, cannot stand idly by while this irrational and divisive indoctrination of the young is taking place," said the Secretary of State.
"The leaders of this Chinese sect have obviously taken certain ideas and twisted them so as to manipulate their followers," he went on. "The noble truths of manifest destiny, full spectrum dominance and war on evil must not be allowed to be distorted in this insidious fashion," he said.
The Secretary of State called on the Chinese government to intervene and settle the problem. "Religious freedom is a basic human right, which if necessary must be enforced by whatever means are appropriate to the situation," he said. "If these fanatics are not brought under proper control, they might even start sending out missionaries."
The US government has called on China to pay more attention to "liberty enforcement" in the matter of religion. Although China has done much to improve its economic and human rights record since becoming one of America's most favoured trading and banking partners, work still remains before it can take its place among the world's truly civilised nations, said the US Secretary of State.
American concerns centre on the Chinese Patriotic League, an evangelical sect with an increasingly large following, particularly among young Chinese. Among other things, the Patriotic League believes that China has a "historic mission" to lead the world and purify it of "undesirable elements".
It is thought that some of the higher echelons of the Chinese government may already have been penetrated by members of the Patriotic League, and that this may partly account for China's hardline stance on such issues as the US presence in Taiwan.
"The United States and its allies, which have always stood up for freedom of thought and the brotherhood of mankind, cannot stand idly by while this irrational and divisive indoctrination of the young is taking place," said the Secretary of State.
"The leaders of this Chinese sect have obviously taken certain ideas and twisted them so as to manipulate their followers," he went on. "The noble truths of manifest destiny, full spectrum dominance and war on evil must not be allowed to be distorted in this insidious fashion," he said.
The Secretary of State called on the Chinese government to intervene and settle the problem. "Religious freedom is a basic human right, which if necessary must be enforced by whatever means are appropriate to the situation," he said. "If these fanatics are not brought under proper control, they might even start sending out missionaries."
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