'You are wearing a kimono! you are chinese If you wear Hanfu, I will not tell you this. 
A woman in China was arrested for wearing a Japanese kimono in a lunch line and questioned by police for five hours.
, was surrounded by police officers who reprimanded her for wearing an "unpatriotic" costume as she waited for food on Huaihai Street in the eastern city of Suzhou, which is famous for its Japanese restaurants, bars and restaurants. shop.
A video of her arrest went viral on her media in China.
"You're wearing a kimono! You're Chinese. If you're wearing Hanfu, I won't tell you this," the policeman shouted at the woman. refers to the ancient clothing worn by the Han Chinese.
The woman in the video posted a detailed account of the incident on China's Twitter equivalent of Weibo. She said she wore a kimono to recreate a scene from a Japanese manga.
Police later interrogated her, deleted photos of her wearing a kimono from her phone, and confiscated her clothes.
}Last Wednesday, a young Chinese woman was taken into custody by the local police for wearing a kimono. "If you were wearing Hanfu, I never said this, but you are wearing a kimono as a Chinese. You are Chinese!" pic.twitter.com/et8vWOferQ
— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) August 15, 2022
A woman expressed regret in a post that she was not allowed to walk down the street in a kimono.
"Since iPhones are made in the USA, will the police detain people using iPhones?" , one user asked.
``You can destroy the Japanese style town.
However, because Japan did not apologize for its invasion of Manchuria in 1931, some commented that it was inappropriate to wear a kimono in China.
Kimono-wearing has become increasingly controversial in China amid growing nationalist sentiments under President Xi Jinping's rule. Although encouraged, it is difficult to strike the right balance.
Last year, a group of Chinese women wearing Hanfu were asked to leave the same street in Suzhou after they were accused of disturbing the peace.
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