until they see the failures of religion , as i see it religion is bad for nationalism , i might be wrong here but the chinese are very much farsighted and they could see how religion divides people and turns people against each other , the british used religion to divide south asia into two parts , the west has been trying to create problems everywhere using religion , the communists in china could see all this hence they encouraged atheism , and their power structure helped them accomplish that. It would be better if people abandon religion and make their nationality the only identity. There would be a lot of peace it that happens. Look what religion has done in countries like pak , afg and other ME countries , this happens when people are in confusion to identify themselves as a pakistani or a muslim , to be loyal to which ideology.