“China will be considered a Christian nation, with at least 33% of its residents identifying themselves as Christians, by the year 2085.” Detailed Terms »

China has had a long tradition of Christian settlements starting with the Nestorians and continuing today with indigenous underground churches. With the collapse of communism, and the elimination of traditional eastern spiritual practices during this last century, the country is spinning in a spiritual vacuum.

Islam has also had a long tradition in China, and is fast growing, but it lacks the historical association with the intellectual and professional class that is now starting to emerge. Like Korea, which turned significantly Christian in a few generations, China will acquire Christianity as a large-scale response to the total lack of anything to believe in (not even a constitution) which now permiates its rapidly evolving culture. It will turn to a ready-made religion, of which it has some experience, and which comes with the association of prosperity it so eager wants.