A Confucian scholar in Qufu, the Chinese sage’s birthplace, has provoked accusations of religious exclusion after calling for Christian churches to be banned from the town. Zeng Zhenyu, a political adviser in Qufu, Shandong province, complained of plans to turn a temporary Protestant church into a permanent structure accommodating 3,000 worshipers after the Chinese New Year in February.
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