Beijing St Patrick’s Parade Canceled

Lauren McCarthy | Mar 16, 2011 10:00 am | 4 comments | 3259 reads

After getting the necessary approvals and government go ahead Beijing’s St Patrick’s Day parade has been shut down by Chinese authorities, following the trend set last week when Shanghai’s celebration failed to get past the approval stage.

In past years, one of the many St Patrick’s Day festivities has been a parade and fair, originally taking place at Wangfujing but having moved in recent years to Chaoyang Park. The cancellation of this year’s fair comes a week after Shanghai made headlines when similar plans were disapproved.

Despite the unfortunate turn of events there is still plenty of St Paddy’s fun around the city. Irish themed quizzes start tonight and the celebration gets into full swing tomorrow. On Friday, catch the Celtic Concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall with harpist Katie Targett-Adams, an Irish band, and Irish dancers. For more information on Irish events check out the Irish Embassy website.

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Re: Beijing St Patrick’s Parade Canceled
Posted Mar 17, 2011 11:16am by Aier2

Of course the mature Irish response is we're boycotting Chun-jie and Chinese restaurants in Dublin, even Irish-run ones.

Nah, just kidding - no one cares.
It's nice to not be giant spoiled babies.

Re: Beijing St Patrick’s Parade Canceled
Posted Mar 16, 2011 10:48am by lauren_mccarthy
alex the droog wrote:
Perhaps they're worried about any gatherings on WFJ these days because of flowers outside Macca Dees...

The parade was planned for Chaoyang Park like last year.

Apparently that's the new hot spot with those Lido expats and Chinese families around

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Re: Beijing St Patrick’s Parade Canceled
Posted Mar 16, 2011 10:29am by lynxlynx

Their acting certainly doesn`t help creating a harmonious society...

Re: Beijing St Patrick’s Parade Canceled
Posted Mar 16, 2011 10:20am by alex the droog

Can you imagine if Chun Jie parties were cancelled here in our countries? Outrage, I tell thee. Outrage!

Perhaps they're worried about any gatherings on WFJ these days because of flowers outside Macca Dees...