In a Washington Post On Faith post, Baptist Joint Committee Director Brent Walker argues that religious liberty should not be a secondary issue in America's discussions with China, and he offers some advice to President Obama about raising the subject with President Hu Jintao.
The message that I would suggest the president articulate is that, in the final analysis, full fledged religious liberty will actually promote a "harmonious society" more than divisive governmental intervention into the religious demography –favoring some, disfavoring (even persecuting) others. Religious liberty is good for both religion and the state — and that goes for China, too.
