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 | Christmas in Beijing: Christmas trees on Beijing streets Dec 2003 click to open  |  | Chinese party-goers, dressed in revolutionary 'Red Guards' uniforms and armed with the famous 'Little Red Book', pose for a photo during a party in Beijing. China is dusting off an updated version of the cult of personality for the 110th anniversary of the birth of the late leader, Mao Zedong, on December 26 2003, with a new hip-hop song, films, books and concerts being prepared. click to open |  | Christmas (1998): Father Christmas hands candyfloss to youngsters in a Beijing shopping centre seasonally decorated in a bid to boost winter sales. click to open |  | Christmas (1998): Shoppers line up to wrap up presents in a department store in Beijing, Thursday, December 24, 1998. Chinese stores heavily promote Christmas sales even though most in China do not celebrate the holiday. click to open |  | Christmas (1998): Catholics attend midnight mass at Dongjiao Min Xiang Church in Beijing on Friday, Dec. 25, 1998. Catholics are a small minority in China which is officially an atheist state. click to open |
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