CHINESE AWAKENING

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1928, Page 7

CHINESE AWAKENING

NATIONALIST CAMPAIGN WESTERN METHODS URGED (Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn .-Copyright.} (Received October 12, 9.35 a.m.) SHANGHAI, October 11. A campaign, aiming at the abolition of old-fashioned customs and the introduction of modern social, educational and athletic methods, has been started by the Nationalist Government, avowedly for the purpose of bringing China into line with Western Nations. Thirty-eight thousand women and girls of Mid-China during the past month have unbound their feet, in accordance with Government instructions, which include a reference to the ability of Western women to engage in Olympic sports, which foot-binding prevents. Instructions have been issued today from Nanking, that all provincial rulers should institute a campaign against idol worship, superstitious beliefs, and such-like customs. Christianity is not advocated, however, nor an alternative suggested. A ban has been placed on the sale of the gramophone record entitled, “Sun Yat Sen Has Gone to Heaven,” which was recently issued in South China, and achieved popularity. The ofliical orders declare: “The idea is foreign to the truth, and is greatly disrespectful.”