Two pieces of food for thought:

  • https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3198984/china-chic-trend-builds-young-peoples-patriotism-cultural-confidence (Chinese people starting to dress in the Han fashion again)

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20210210074724/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/asia/new-zealand-rawiri-waititi-tie.html (Māori politician kicked out of parliament for not wearing a necktie, turns into a whole dispute, eventually wins)

Now if you look at Chinese parliament, well I don't have to tell you what you'll see.

What would it take for Chinese politicians to start appearing in Han dress?

(not advocating for this, just a stray thought I had)

  • Lester_Peterson [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    For Han dress specifically, a founding pillar of the CPC is their opposition to Han chauvinism and inclusivity towards national minorities. As ethnocentric attitudes remain all-too-common in China , something which Xi himself has repeatedly stated to be an enduring problem , there's been a persistent opposition -from party leadership and intellectual circles- to the use of official dress that can be construed as endorsing Han-centric attitudes.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This made me imagine a People's Assembly where everyone wears their own region's traditional dress.

      • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I mean, that would be the ideal situation in any plurinational government. The sooner we can kiss colonial, eurocentric dress codes the better.

        And this is coming from someone who loves wearing suits.