www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/how-many-christians-are-there-in-china ‘Most people,’ the driver told me. ‘They just don’t say so.’ Mid-December, 2024. No Christmas trees or wreaths. No lights strung across buildings. No carols. It was my first Christmastide outside the U.S. or Mexico. Even as hostility toward Christ has risen in the U.S. and secularism has long existed in Mexico, both are still Christian societies. And China is not—a reality that hit home like never before.