ShaZam!
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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I’ll take one from column A, and one from column B!
ShaZam!
ShaZam!
The Chinese were freely advertising Mao and Obama as the same person until The Messiah arrived, and BAM!!!!!
Suddenly it's an arrestable offense to compare the two?
What about freedom of speech or freedom of expression? The Communists cannot allow that all of a sudden?
Why isn't the American media reporting this story?
Why must I turn to the internet to find out what is REALLY going on these days?
I found a seller on ebay a few days ago with this t-shirt. In Kentucky! (not from China). It was $10 with shipping - might be $20 today!
Poppa Uw Mao Mao, yowzers!
I know what to get Cameron Diaz this winter holiday, comrade!
Soylent Green is people!!!
And this is what the lefties want... free speech as long as it is the party line.
Fools.
I want the REAL from China!
Can't wait to do a freep with that shirt and the red book!
Are these the “anti Obama” shirts that were banned in the USA?
Are these the “anti Obama” shirts that were banned in the USA?
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.
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