Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Dean, Kenneth. 1993. Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults in South-East China.

The Encyclopedia of Religion. 1987. Vols. 3,4.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) CD-Rom search. 2 Jan. 1991-29 Feb. 1996.

Human Rights Watch. 1994. Detained in China and Tibet.

Human Rights Watch/Asia. Jan. 1992. Freedom of Religion in China.

NEXIS online search.

Oral sources.

United Nations catalogue CD-Rom search. 1944-1996.