China officials shut down outdoor Christmas party

AP: Some Communist Party members are getting caught up in the revival, violating party rules and becoming active religious believers in a trend that drew a high-level admonition Friday. “If we let party members believe in religion … this will inevitably result in the splits in the party organization,” Zhu Weiqun, a vice minister for the United Front Work Department, wrote in an essay in the party magazine “Seeking Truth.”