Some scholars believe that the "Beijing Treaty" signed between China and France in 1860 gave the Catholic Church the right to purchase property in China's interior in the late Qing.

有学者认为，1860年的中法《北京条约》确立了天主教会在晚清“内地置产的特权”。

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And the official Chinese Catholic Church is opening youth summer camps in parts of China.

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