A Chinese woman poses with a performer at a shopping complex in Beijing on December 25, 2010, as people celebrate Christmas all over the country. Pope Benedict XVI rapped China for its curbs on religion and freedom of conscience in his Christmas message, reflecting the tense relations between the Vatican and Beijing.

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