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China Tonight / By Karen Tong

How believers in China keep the faith under Xi Jinping's watchful eye

A long time ago, a severe drought was ravaging a small village in the south of China.

In desperation, a great woman left her only child at home to perform a special rain dance — and it worked! The rain came down and revived the village.

Exhausted, the woman returned home only to find that the White Snake Demon had crept in while she was away and devoured her child.

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