Chinese President Xi Jinping is mulling to introduce new rules to prohibit ''religious extremism'' in the latest crackdown on foreign religious groups and worshipers.

China's Xi Jinping planning to prohibit 'religious extremism'

The US State Department while unveiling the annual report on international religious liberty said China's treatment of Tibetan Buddhists had deteriorated.

China remains very troubling country on religious freedom: US

'We also stand by the rights of Tibetan Buddhists, not just in Tibet but around the world, who should be able to determine their own religious leadership in accordance with their inalienable right to religious freedom' Senator Patrick Leahy said

US asks China to respect human rights, religious freedom of Tibetan people