Revelation 12:1-5 (RSV) And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, ... And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, ...

“Assuming that the Revelation 12 dragon is Western and reading the Western meaning of ‘dragons’ into the Chinese dragon is a major flaw in biblical interpretation,” Yeo said.

Similarly, many scholars see the evil dragon and the beast of the sea in Revelation as representing the rule of the Roman Empire and its persecution of God’s people (Rev. 12).