China produces a Bible per second
as Chinese turn to Christianity

The Bible has become a best seller in China, with 50 million copies produced so far by the country's only authorised publisher, Amity Printing, a joint venture between a Chinese Christian charity and the United Bible Societies.

As demand is nearly outstripping supply, Amity is set to become the world's single-biggest producer of Bibles. Their move into new and bigger premises in Nanjing is scheduled for 2008, with a view to increasing their current output by a third, to one million copies a month.

According to lawyer and Christian activist Li Baiguang, the success of the Bible and the rapid growth of the Chinese church - an estimated 40 million believers - in the face of growing material wealth are the result of people seeking "to satisfy their spiritual needs, to look for happiness for the soul."

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Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Released on Monday 16th June 2008