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Foreign News
May 1, 1894
The Daily Morning Astorian
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
What is this article about?
In Shanghai, young Chinese elites are adopting Western fashions like high collars and tight coats, foreign underclothing, goods, tobacco, carriages, and housing. Hundreds of Chinese-run schools teach only English as the most useful language. Reported by Cairo Sphinx.
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CHINESE DUDES AND MASHERS.
China is perhaps the last place in the world where one would expect to find dudes and mashers, but it appears that in Shanghai the gilded youth among the Celestials have adopted the masher costume. Very curious they look in their high collars and tight-fitting coats. They have also taken to wearing foreign underclothing, eating foreign goods, smoking foreign tobacco and doing many other things contrary to the old-fashioned Chinese usage. They also ride in foreign carriages, men and women together, and some of them live in foreign houses in grand style. There are also hundreds of schools kept by Chinese where nothing but English is taught, that being considered the most useful language.—Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx.
China is perhaps the last place in the world where one would expect to find dudes and mashers, but it appears that in Shanghai the gilded youth among the Celestials have adopted the masher costume. Very curious they look in their high collars and tight-fitting coats. They have also taken to wearing foreign underclothing, eating foreign goods, smoking foreign tobacco and doing many other things contrary to the old-fashioned Chinese usage. They also ride in foreign carriages, men and women together, and some of them live in foreign houses in grand style. There are also hundreds of schools kept by Chinese where nothing but English is taught, that being considered the most useful language.—Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx.
What sub-type of article is it?
Colonial Affairs
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Shanghai Westernization
Chinese Youth Fashions
English Schools China
Foreign Goods Adoption
Where did it happen?
Shanghai
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Shanghai
Outcome
adoption of western customs and english education among chinese youth
Event Details
Young Chinese in Shanghai adopt masher costumes with high collars and tight coats, foreign underclothing, goods, tobacco, carriages shared by men and women, and grand foreign-style houses. Hundreds of Chinese schools teach only English.