but to hold elected office in the USSR one had to be officially an atheist.
I think it’s the same in the PRC, but maybe not as tight? Chinese State officials can still engage in some religious rituals privately as cultural practices (Ramadan for example). Not entirely sure on the details though because I was never religious (or a State official) while I was in China, so all of this is second hand.
There is an “official” Catholic Church in China though, recognized by the Vatican and IIRC run by the government? Or maybe just overseen by them?
I think it’s the same in the PRC, but maybe not as tight? Chinese State officials can still engage in some religious rituals privately as cultural practices (Ramadan for example). Not entirely sure on the details though because I was never religious (or a State official) while I was in China, so all of this is second hand.
There is an “official” Catholic Church in China though, recognized by the Vatican and IIRC run by the government? Or maybe just overseen by them?
At least China has the thing of not letting religions get in state issues and maybe the opposite. But still not tight enough.