Re: China is NOT our friend
China’s constitution, right from early days allow for religious activity within certain norms. Many non-sanctioned religious groups also exist but they are curtailed only if they engage in public activity.
I don’t know how you come to conclusion that China is curtailing religions due to western pressure. The west itself does not curtail religious practice, so they have no reason to pressure anyone else. And China is way too strong economically and politically to bow to such pressures.
Also I want to add that there is typically MORE ‘real’ religious freedom in the west than in so called muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and that has nothing to do with western pressure. Did the west pressure create Sunni Shia issues?