Weibo Influencing Religious Freedom in China

Submitted by Wendi Bellar on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 23:38

Expressing religious beliefs and criticisms in China may be getting easier thanks to Weibo, a popular microblogging platform that mixes elements from Twitter and Facebook. Magda Hornemann, of Forum 18 News Service, explores how Weibo is encouraging and allowing religious expression that would have been unthinkable in China not too long ago. Christians and Buddhists seem to be the most active religious groups on the platform. Click the link below for more information about Chinese microblogging and how it may be advancing religious freedom.
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1771