Is China Modernizing but not Westernizing?

It depends on how we define Westernizing. Politically, China has Westernized in that its political system is based on Communism.

China is still a mostly conformist society but people are increasing expressing themselves, including people in the LBGT community.

Rather than Westernizing, China is “internationalizing,” affected also by Japan. China is set to become the world’s largest market for Japanese anime!

When Chinese people buy their dream house, they tend to go for an “international design,” with at most a few Chinese accents.

In 1954, Bell Labs invented the first practical silicon solar cell. In 2017, China built the world largest floating solar farm using 165.000 solar panels.

The National Ballet of China is based on Russian training. “The Peony Pavilion,” a mixture of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Orpheus and Eurydice,” is the mainstay of Chinese opera:

The Chinese are even turning to Indian spirituality, because “even a strongly atheist, anti-religious government cannot stop people from seeking spiritual peace.”

Links:

Social Experiment in China — “I‘m gay, would you hug me”
National Ballet of China’s The Peony Pavilion
China: New Hotspot for Indian Gurus
World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm