There's a reason that England's split from the Catholic church lead to a civil war and eventually the 1689 Bill of Rights: it was a coup.
Only in the Papal States. Most of the rest of Europe had Dukes and Kings and such, which may have had some friction with Bishops and the Pope.
Every one of these threads is full of people doing a ctrl-f find/replace Russia/China on their cold war propaganda lessons.
China's a different country, with a billion and a half people and a few thousand years of history that most Americans are completely ignorant of, but that doesn't stop them from being supremely confident in their takes.
Islam is worldwide. Christianity is worldwide. Judaism is worldwide. And many other faiths are worldwide.
This thread is full of people who've never seen any of it confidently asserting How China Feels About Religion.
But in the next five years, the number of Chinese Christians is projected to grow to half the population of the entire United States—150 million. That may only be 15% of the population, but that's still significant.
I wonder why. [1]
[1] https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/essays/freedom-of-relig...
Stop trying to white wash crimes against humanities
Tell that to the Uyghur's.
Religions can create allys. Saving this Islamic branch may go a way to reconnecting/reunderstanding the west and Islam.