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Chinese Detain CNN Reporter for Holding Up 'Oba Mao' T-Shirt on TV
Newsbusters ^
| November 16, 2009
| Tim Graham
Posted on 11/16/2009 11:53:16 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Chris Ariens at TV Newser reports that CNN reporter Emily Chang was detained for two hours today in Shanghai for holding up a T-shirt depicting Barack Obama wearing a Red Army uniform. "Chang bought the T-shirt at a basement souvenir shop in Beijing and brought it with her to Shanghai as she covers President Obama's visit to the city."
The front of the t-shirt says "Serve the People" in Chinese. On the back, it reads "Oba Mao" in English. The shirts have been seen in Chinese shops for months, but were "banned" ahead of Obama's trip.
When Chang held up the shirt up for a live shot outside a Shanghai metro stop, she was approached by two security guards. She recounted the scene in her In The Field blog:
Bad move? Maybe. But it ended up being great television.
Two security guards happened to pass by at the moment I announced to the camera: "This is the T-shirt everybody is talking about." And that was it. They scrambled towards us and tried to pry the shirt out of my hands. I didn't give in.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 0bama; china; communismkills; mao; marxist; obama; obamao; obamascandals; thekenyan; usurperinchief; zero
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To: 50mm
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posted on
11/16/2009 11:55:16 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
You could sell one of these to every MSNBC viewer. 200-300, maybe!
To: rabscuttle385
I guess the Chinese considered such a comparison an insult to MAO!
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posted on
11/16/2009 11:56:53 AM PST
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
A preview of the future in America, if we don’t stop Oba Mao.
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posted on
11/16/2009 11:57:51 AM PST
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: ozzymandus
“You could sell one of these to every MSNBC viewer. 200-300, maybe!”
lol
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posted on
11/16/2009 11:58:35 AM PST
by
za_claws
(Our President is the new Milli Vanilli)
To: rightwingintelligentsia; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!; rabscuttle385; Timesink; ...
Chris Ariens at TV Newser reports that CNN reporter Emily Chang was detained for two hours today in Shanghai for holding up a T-shirt depicting Barack Obama wearing a Red Army uniform. Yeah, AND????!!!
(photo from Obama's trip to Singapore)
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:01:19 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
"When Chang held up the shirt up for a live shot outside a Shanghai metro stop, she was approached by two security guards."
Sheesh.
Arrested and harrassed for having a T-shirt? What an Orwellian-Dystopian shit-hole.
The thought police really do exist in these communist strongholds, and CNN would be wise to keep reporting about this very thing.
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:01:59 PM PST
by
GI Joe Fan
(GI Joe represents Real American Heroes, not a bunch of globalist drones.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Here's Emily
The cops were probably just hittin' on her.
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:03:07 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
They sure know how to use the media. They did not want this to be consumed in our media. Anita Dunne probably told the ghost of Mao it was not prudent.
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:05:22 PM PST
by
wmposh
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I'm quite sure that it was a Freeper who came up with the moniker Oba Mao nearly two years ago.
He got the inspiration from a bumper sticker which read:
Obama '08
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:05:50 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:06:29 PM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
To: Navy Patriot
She’s another DEFECTOR who is about to jump ship, grab her FOX! Bet they can’t scream racist!
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:08:22 PM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(Leaders who refuse to lead will be lead by the people)
To: Navy Patriot
She is hot!
Check out more photos of the Obama-Mao T-Shirts in China:
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:08:32 PM PST
by
GI Joe Fan
(GI Joe represents Real American Heroes, not a bunch of globalist drones.)
To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:09:07 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:09:46 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:10:46 PM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
To: rabscuttle385
Takes a Socialist to know a Socialist.....
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:11:08 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: GI Joe Fan
I wish I had one of those shirts!
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:11:44 PM PST
by
sausageseller
(http://coolblue.typepad.com/the_cool_blue_blog/)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The front of the t-shirt says “Serve the People” in Chinese.
The Chinese version of ...To Serve Man..? Is the little red book a cookbook?
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posted on
11/16/2009 12:12:21 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(The sword does not kill. It is a tool in the killer's hand.---Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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