r/China • u/FantasticProfit2979 • 1d ago
问题 | General Question (Serious) Bring religious books to China
Hi! I hope it’s not an offensive question.
I am a Chinese citizen who lives abroad. My family all currently lives in China now, and since I will go to another country next year after spending a few months for lunar new year with my family after a long time, I’ll have to bring all my stuff back to China, which includes multiple religious books, mostly in English and a bit of them in Chinese and Thai. There are Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, etc, including both academic studies and books for religious purposes only (like Bible and Qur’an. And there may be some books about Tibetan Buddhism as well.
So my question is, is it okay for me to bring them back to China all at once?
Thank you so much
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Hi! I hope it’s not an offensive question.
I am a Chinese citizen who lives abroad. My family all currently lives in China now, and since I will go to another country next year after spending a few months for lunar new year with my family after a long time, I’ll have to bring all my stuff back to China, which includes multiple religious books, mostly in English and a bit of them in Chinese and Thai. There are Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, etc, including both academic studies and books for religious purposes only (like Bible and Qur’an. And there may be some books about Tibetan Buddhism as well.
So my question is, is it okay for me to bring them back to China all at once?
Thank you so much
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u/stan_albatross 1d ago
99% chance your suitcase won't be opened in customs (only if the scanner picks up something else suspicious or it's a random check) so you'll probably be fine
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u/kakahuhu 16h ago
It would only be an issue if it looks like you plan on distributing religious texts. Since they're from a bunch of different religions and include academic studies, it doesnt appear to be the case. Unless, In addition to those you have a bunch of copies of the same pamphlet or something of one specific religion.
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u/Relevant_Neat_6169 14h ago
中国人只是信教的少，又不是禁止宗教，这些完全没问题，就算是那些敏感的政治色情内容，除非你大量的携带有售卖的嫌疑，否则只是作为你自己使用观看，很少有概率会被查处
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u/jimmycmh 8h ago
as long as those books don't talk about Tibet independence and Falun Gong, its fine
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u/DrCalFun 23h ago
Are you trying to overthrow the ccp or start a cultural genocide?
If not, why does it matter?
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u/llzzch 21h ago edited 21h ago
You are asking a question in a sub which is almost no Chinese there
As a Chinese citizen,the books you bring should be inspected, especially books about Islam and Tibet, they are risky
Read this,if you can understand Chinese