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[Also: What US Christians Can Learn from Russia | How Pastors Pursue Racial Reconciliation] What US Christians Can Learn from Russia | How Pastors Pursue Racial Reconciliation | [View online]( [Christianity Today Direct Newsletter]( Thursday, March 30, 2017 INTERVIEW [An Inside Look at China's Remarkable Religious Resurgence]( Journalist Ian Johnson sees faith on the rise where it was once ruthlessly suppressed. Interview by Rob Moll Under Mao Zedong's dictatorship, Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism suffered persecution and near-extinction. In recent decades, however, they have each made an astounding comeback. In The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao, Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has covered China for The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and other publications, offers an intimate look at this remarkable recovery. 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