Original sentence: A recent study of the Global for Center the Study of the Chinese Contemporary made in the 2005  reveals the little reliability of the previous data, simultaneously it says 52% of the Chinese still refuse to answer direct questions on their religious affiliation.All this contradictory data gives an idea that it will be the own evolution in the opening in the Chinese society the one that will be polishing these numbers.Although on the other hand, 23% of Chinese to have trusted in Buddha during year.Taking this in account, in 1995 only a 2% openly admitted to belong to some religion, in the 2005 5% did
Edited sentence: , simultaneously it says 52% of the Chinese still refuse to answer direct questions on their religious affiliation.At the same time, 23.8% of respondents had made offerings at a Buddhist or Taoist shrine during that year and 23.1% specifically had worshiped the Buddha  Further confusing the situation, 3.8% of self-identified religious Buddhists reported belief in, or worship of, the Christian god.In 2005, only 5.3% of survey respondents from urban China identified themselves as religious.Professor Xinzhong Yao, the author of an analysis of this study, has hypothesized that misunderstandings and negative connotations about the Chinese terms used to translate 'religion', combined with an ethos that prioritizes religious practice over religious identity and belief, may be the source of these apparently contradictory results.Statistics from a study conducted in 2005 in China reveal the difficulty in classifying data about religious practices among Buddhists, particularly among the Chinese