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Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« on: September 29, 2009, 08:52:38 AM »
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The entrepreneur who supports 'ObaMao'
By Renee Haines (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-18 09:20

An innovative businessman's novelty T-shirt has started a fashionable revolution

Combine an old political icon with a new one, and what do you get? ObaMao.

Liu Mingjie created a computer-aided design that superimposed US President Barack Obama's face over that of China's late Chairman Mao.

So it's now Obama's face sporting that famous green Communist Party cap with a red star on T-shirts, bags and coin purses sold at Liu's shop, Stefan, located in the trendy, touristy lakeside shops of Houhai in central Beijing.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-09/18/content_8707133.htm


There's more to this article, but it's odd that no one talks about what sort of political statements the shirts might be making. 
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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2009, 09:08:55 AM »
The Chinese are capitalists.  They do not care about any imputed political statement as long as the product sells.

As for "Stephan" - he needs to get a web store set up ASAP - he will have customers lined up across the internet.  And those customers will have differing political views but all wind up wearing the same tshirt.

I want a tshirt, but only if the ink has melamine in it.

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Re: Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2009, 10:12:20 AM »
That guy had better be careful, he might get an obama care death panel review.
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Re: Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2009, 10:54:24 AM »
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The Chinese are capitalists racists.

FTFY.  ;/

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Re: Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2009, 11:59:52 AM »
Want.

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« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2009, 12:04:34 PM »
I want one, too.

Quote from: vaskidmark on September 29, 2009, 09:08:55 AM
The Chinese are capitalists.  They do not care about any imputed political statement as long as the product sells. 


The article was not written by a capitalist, but by a journalist.  Don't they care?
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« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2009, 04:17:26 PM »
Quote from: fistful on September 29, 2009, 12:04:34 PM
I want one, too.


The article was not written by a capitalist, but by a journalist.  Don't they care?

I'm not sure, but my guess is that capitalists do not care very much if articles are written by journalists, as long as the capitalists can make a buck off it.

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Re: Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2009, 09:03:22 PM »
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The Chinese are capitalists.  They do not care about any imputed political statement as long as the product sells.
Well, this is true up to a point. Never forget, the Chinese are run by the communist Chinese army. At any point, the government (army) will smash the businesses.
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Re: Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2009, 11:00:24 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on September 29, 2009, 04:17:26 PM
I'm not sure, but my guess is that capitalists do not care very much if articles are written by journalists, as long as the capitalists can make a buck off it.

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 :lol:  I meant that I expected the journalist to care.  Which is why I thought he/she would have written something about it. 
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« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2009, 11:22:45 PM »
China is not a capitalist society - having one of the most overregulated markets in the world - but many of their people are true capitalist enterpreneurs nonetheless.
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« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2009, 02:22:17 AM »
some people will want it because they don't like socialism and some will want because they do support socialism...I wish I was selling them!
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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2009, 11:46:11 AM »
Why not make some up?  As the Chinese have no respect for intellectual property, there should be no legal issues with it.
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« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2009, 04:09:52 AM »
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Re: Chinese ObaMao t-shirts are a hit.
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2009, 12:50:52 PM »
Quote from: guns and more on September 29, 2009, 09:03:22 PM
Well, this is true up to a point. Never forget, the Chinese are run by the communist Chinese army. At any point, the government (army) will smash the businesses.

If you look closely, the Chinese Army leaders ARE the business owners....as long as the businesses make a profit, the Army will let them operate...and cash in themselves...
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« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2009, 10:43:49 PM »
Quote from: Antibubba on October 01, 2009, 11:46:11 AM
Why not make some up?  As the Chinese have no respect for intellectual property, there should be no legal issues with it.

Neither the face of Obama nor that of Mao are, or can be, copyrighted. Gimp is free. Get going. =D
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