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Christmas in China

NPR | By Rob Gifford
Published December 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

In China, Christmas has become an increasingly popular holiday. This has less to do with increased Christianity among Chinese, and far more to do with the holiday's cachet - young people think it's cool. NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing.

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Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.
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