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Chinese reverting to superstition?

Asian , • Wishful Thinking

"They ward off evil," said Zhang Jun, selling dozens of red belts to people born in the Year of the Monkey who are supposed to wear red year-round for protection. ...

Even the image of the late Chairman Mao Zedong, who tried to wipe out superstitious practices during his decades-long reign, is being sold on decorative chains alongside statues of Buddha and the Fortune God.

China: Superstition reigns supreme