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Plight of underground Chinese Christians shadows Bush visit
In 1980s Gong Shengliang built the South China Church, led clandestine worship, and drew thousands before crackdown. He and others were sentenced in secret for allegedly using a cult to sabotage state law, signaling a harsh limit to religious freedom in China. Some officials seek a registerable deal, but underground churches remain large and wary.
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