Uproar over Thanksgiving candies as Chinese university says it does not promote 'Western holidays with religious connotations'

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A Chinese college student’s threat to report a dormitory supervisor’s offer of Thanksgiving candies has stirred a heated debate online over the government’s tightening grip on campuses across the country . On Thursday, according to screenshots shared online, an employee at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeastern China wrote on the popular WeChat platform: “Today is Thanksgiving in the West and I’d like use occasion to thank students of Dorm No. 17 for supporting my work.” “Starting 7:50 a.m. in the morning, I will be handing out candies in the lobby,” the woman, surnamed Wang, added, along with two...