"US Report Highlights Religious Freedom Violations in China, Iran, India"

A US State Department report accuses China of jailing as many as 10,000 religious adherents in a campaign against religious groups. The report claims that Beijing has broadened its efforts to bring all theological activity under Communist Party control, with President Xi Jinping's assertion that "religions in China must be Chinese in orientation" cited as evidence. The Chinese embassy in Washington has dismissed the accusations as "contrary to the basic facts and deeply rooted in ideological bias".