Wow. That is really interesting. I've never been to China, but from my understanding of Chinese culture and East Asian culture generally, spirituality and philosophy are more important than religion. That may even be true for whatever subcultures in the world do not adhere to one of the Abrahamic religions or any of their philosophical offshoots. Either way, I thought the poll was interesting, but I think the results would have been dramatically different they asked about God instead of religion. For example, there has been a steep decline of religiosity in Vietnam, but 0% of Vietnamese polled identified as atheist.
I'd say that the Chinese friends I have are more superstitious. There are so many sayings about what different things portend. I agree. I wonder if the ratio of religious practitioners to those that simply believe in God correlates to something, like how wealthy the country is, or maybe even something interesting like disparity. Actually, the US might be an outlier in this poll because of the high level of disparity in the US, not just education. Just a thought.I've never been to China, but from my understanding of Chinese culture and East Asian culture generally, spirituality and philosophy are more important than religion.
Either way, I thought the poll was interesting, but I think the results would have been dramatically different they asked about God instead of religion.