Dress to impress
President Xi Jinping and China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan attended a state banquet in the Netherlands 1._____ (wear) traditional-style Chinese clothing. This shows China’s confidence in 2_____ traditional culture, says Li Xing in a column for Changjiang Daily.
By attending the state banquet in traditional clothing, Xi and Peng impressed the whole world.
Li points out that in China there used to be a widespread 3.__________ (understand) that linked tradition to backwardness. This obviously wrong idea 4.____ tradition should be discarded is gradually being corrected. 5_____ the rejuvenation of China, its citizens are regaining confidence in their traditional culture.
Moreover, Chinese culture is being exported to the world. At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit 6._______(hold) in Shanghai in 2001, leaders from 20 countries and regions took a group photo in traditional Tang suits,7.______ made it trend for years. Qipao, and many other items of Chinese traditional clothing, are recognized by 8.________( increasing) more countries as a culture symbol of China.
Clothing is a mirror that 9_________ (reflect) a nation’s attitude toward its traditional culture and it is 10.__________( reason)to expect that Chinese culture will be popular in the world.
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