Chinese Catholics attend a Christmas Eve mass at a church in Beijing. Christianity took root in China in the 16th century thanks to Jesuit missionaries who made converts of prominent people, but first reached China nearly 1,000 years earlier. Photo: EPA-EFE
Chinese Catholics attend a Christmas Eve mass at a church in Beijing. Christianity took root in China in the 16th century thanks to Jesuit missionaries who made converts of prominent people, but first reached China nearly 1,000 years earlier. Photo: EPA-EFE