We’ve come a long, long way since the bogus Olympic Bible Ban stories of last fall. First, the Chinese Protestants publish a special, bi-lingual edition (50,000, complete with the Olympic seal on the cover) for distribution during the Games. And now... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Wed, Aug 06 2008
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Religious freedom to be respected at Games » People's Daily China yesterday slammed media reports as "a total rumor" that the Bible would be prohibited at next year's Beijing Olympic Games. The Catholic News Agency published a report the Bible will be banned in the Olympic Village, citing an Ital ... |
| 07 Jul 08 |
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Bible to be available free during Games » People's Daily Athletes, officials, spectators and tourists can pick up the Bible or just the New Testament for free during the Olympic Games next month. Tens of thousands of copies of the Bible, the New Testament and booklets with just the four Gospel ... |
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Roundup: The Bible controversy, Tony Blair and the Blogger Conference » Shanghaiist We were right. The Olympic Bible ban controversy would spill over. And it has, in a most unbelievably crazy fashion. More ill-informed Christian and Catholic news media have given legs to the story. Somewhere along the way, the rumour became a fact, and a... |
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Feature: Bible ministry exhibition tells China's Bible story » People's Daily As thousands of German Protestants gather on Friday for the largest biennial Protestant event, the 31st German Protestant Church Day, an exhibition of China's Bible ministry tries to tell a China Bible story rarely truthfully described to the outside... |
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China Prepares Olympic Bible Giveaway » China Journal China has gone one step further to dispel concerns that Olympic athletes would be barred from bringing Bibles with them to China this summer. It is now preparing to give away tens of thousands of Christian texts in Beijing and other Olympic co-host... |