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During the Olympics, the missionary surmised, police prohibitions and control will be even stronger, despite the fact that "in Chinese society, particularly in the middle class made up of students, and the academic world, there is a growing search for the meaning of life and desire for God; a search that is increasingly distanced from the myths and traditions based on Confucianism."
"In Christianity," he explained, "they are able to seek an answer that uni! tes faith and reason, that encounters the person of the historical Jesus, and a new idea of God that might contribute to ease the social tensions."
Significant in this regard, Father Cervellera said, is the unity that has been achieved between the "official" Catholic Church and the so-called underground Catholic Church.
The author explained that "human liberties and rights are virtually not at all respected in China, adding that in view of the Olympics a list of topics that must not be addressed at all have been distributed to the local press. Moreover, the whole country will not be open to foreign journalists and tourists."
The AsiaNews director stressed that "whoever tries to [...] defend the peasants or less wealthy people, supporting the legal causes to obtain just compensations, or whoever is opposed to forced abortions or defends exploited workers, is arrested and punished with years of imprisonment," as "is the case of some Catholic bishops."
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