CHINA’S NEW GUISE

Northern Advocate, 12 October 1928, Page 5

CHINA’S NEW GUISE

... WESTERNISING CAMPAIGN. IDOL WORSHIP ABOLITION. WOMEN ’S FEET UNBOUND. ’ (Australian Press Association.) (Received 10.50 a.m.) ■ , SHANGHAI, October 11. , A campaign aiming at the abolition ~ ( of old-fashioned customs and the in-, ! troduction of modern social, educacational and athletic methods has been started by the Nationalist Govern- > ment, avowedly fir 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'reference to the' ability of Western 1 women to engage in Olympic sports, which foot-binding prevents.. Instructions have been issued today from Nanking that all provincial rul- ; ers should institute a campaign against: idol worship, superstitious beliefs and such-like customs.... Christianity is not advocated, however, nor an alternative suggested. 1 A ban has been placed on the sale, of a gramophone record entitled u iStm - Yat-sen has gone to Heaven, ’* which was recently issued in South China and achieved popularity. • Official orders declare: ‘ ‘ The idea ds foreign to the truth and greatly dis-. respectful.”