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When wearing a kimono in public in China ‘hurts the feelings of the Chinese people’
What used to be a political trope employed mostly by Chinese diplomats against foreign entities has now been directed towards the Chinese themselves – and could soon become law.
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In a video on Chinese social media last year, a young Chinese woman was admonished by a Suzhou policeman for wearing a kimono in public for a cosplay photo shoot.
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BEIJING – In a video circulating on Chinese social media, a policeman in the city of Suzhou is seen admonishing a young Chinese woman for wearing a kimono in public for a cosplay photo shoot.
Yelling at her, the policeman takes issue with her costume, suggesting that she is not allowed to wear a Japanese outfit as a Chinese national. Accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, she is taken away for questioning and released five hours later.
