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1、Withtoday’sseeminglyirreversibletrendtowardglobalization,countriesinteractwitheachothermoreoftenandmoreintensely.Asaresult,worldwideinterestininterculturalcommunicationhasrisen.AlthoughwearefamiliarwiththeintroductionofwesterncultureintoChinabyChinesescholars,whoseaimis“to
2、learnothers’strongpointsinordertosurpassthem”,waysofspreadingChineseculturetothewestremainamysterytomostofus.Whoaretheharbingersofculture?Theanswermaybesurprising:religiousmissionaries.ChristmasinChinaisahomogeneouscultureformedwiththeChristianitypreaching,Withthereformbei
3、ngfurthered,ChristmascultureisprosperinginChina.DifferentfromtheChinesenativeculture,Christmasis"theother"constructedbyChineseChristians.Inotherwords,ChristmasculturerevealsthetendencythatChineseChristianstrytoweakenthepressurefrom"theothershore"withtheirChineseboonfromthe
4、irlife-world.PhDstudentssay'No'toChristmasByLiQian(Chinadaily.com.cn)Updated:2006-12-2118:13AsChristmasdrawsnear,tenphilosophyandeducationPhDstudentsfromChina'stopuniversitiesjointlypublicizedapetitionontheInternet,callingonnetizens,especiallytheyoung,tobelessexcitedaboutt
5、heexoticholiday,Shanghai-basedXmnext.comreportedDecember21,2006.ThisisthelatestinstanceofpublicresistancetowesterncultureandlifestylesinChina.Intheonlinepetition,titled"OutofCulturalCollectiveUnconsciousness,StrengthenChineseCulturalDominance"anddatedwithtraditionalChinese
6、EraCalendar,PhDstudentsfromChina'smostauthoritativeuniversitiesincludingBeida,TsinghuaandPeople'sUniversityhopeto"wakeuptheChinesepeopletoresistwesternculturalinvasion".16/16ASantaClausmodelblowing16/16thetrumpetisseeninfrontoftheOriental16/16PearlTowerattheLujiazuifinanci
7、al16/16districtinShanghaiDecember19,2006.16/16[newsphoto]Accordingtothepetition,"occidentalculturehasbeenmorelikestormssweepingthroughthecountryratherthanmildshowers,"andcitestheprevalenceofChristmascelebrationsasatypicalexample.Accordingtothepetition,inChina,"whenChristma
8、snears,shoppingcentres,restaurantsandhotelshavedecoratedChristmastrees,Christmasmessagesf
