China is putting the clamps on the distribution of the Bible, by having the biggest online retailers remove the holy book from their websites. Officials were also conducting inspections on Christian bookstores, and in some cases, have warned that “foreign” Christian books published from outside China should no longer be sold.
The biggest e-commerce sites in China will sell anything and everything, from gadgets to fashion items to dubious personal services. The one thing users won’t find there, however, is the Bible.
Searching for “the Bible” on Taobao, Dang Dang, or even Amazon’s Chinese website, Amazon.cn, no longer shows the usual Bible editions for sale. Instead, the sites are now just showing some related items like Bible study aids, according to the South China Morning Post.
This new policy has been silently implemented by the retail giants, with neither Taobao or JD.com offering a statement on the apparent ban on online sales of the Bible.
The Bible has been under the category of “for internal distribution” in China, which means that the holy book can only be officially distributed by the government-approved…
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