By the mid-1930s, Chinese urban areas had indeed seen a significant influence of Western culture in terms of fashion and social practices. However, the vast majority of the Chinese population lived in rural areas, where traditional customs and ways of life, including those influenced by Confucianism, remained deeply entrenched.

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By the Mid-1930s

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By the mid-1930s

A) the Guomindang had driven the Japanese from Manchuria.
B) all vestiges of the Confucian past were gone from Chinese life.
C) a Confucian education was still considered to be vital, as seen in the restoration of the Civil Service Examinations.
D) Chinese urbanites had become much more Westernized in fashions and social practices, but most rural Chinese still clung to traditional ways.
E) women's rights had replaced filial piety as the driving social force in China.

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