I see. There’s not much to refute, the country doesn’t really promote so much organized religion. You should go to Beijing though, I definitely saw Christians there, and Chinese culture also has many elements of Taoism embedded even if they’re generally atheist.

you can "refute" this just by going to china. you will see buddhist temples, monks, christian churches and congregations, mosques, muslim people, halal restaurants etc literally all over the place. i don't think there's really anything to "refute" here

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as for your question

> "The ruling Chinese Communist Party promotes atheism and discourages citizens from practicing religion"

communisim is a materialism ideology, so communists should not practice religion, CPC members could be discharge if they do so

there's no limits for non-CPC citizens abt this, "religion freedom should be respected" is written in the constitution

this is not a question for anyone in China or have traveled in China, because if you were there you'll see how many people in temples there at weekends

a funny part, empire's propaganda sometimes against each other: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/temple-visits-...