Christmas banned by Chinese university, says it is "kitsch"
Perhaps, though there are some tens of millions of Christians in China, and this could be them.
An interesting way to make celebration of a religious holiday appear a mere imitation of commercial Western "kitsch."
A smokescreen handy for both sides, perhaps.
Christmas is not a traditional festival in officially atheist China but is growing in popularity, especially in more metropolitan areas where young people go out to celebrate, give gifts and decorate their homes.
Western culture, particularly in the form of U.S. pop culture, is wildly popular with young, educated Chinese, which occasionally causes discomfort for the generally quite conservative ruling Communist Party.
Wenzhou, a city in the wealthy eastern province of Zhejiang, has banned all Christmas activities in schools and kindergartens, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Inspectors would make sure rules are enforced, it added.
Interesting.
Looks like openly pro-Western, Christian behavior is in at least this respect a little better tolerated in China than in many Muslim lands.
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