Posted on 11/16/2009 10:04:36 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained byChinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting US President Barack Obama as Mao Zedong.
Emily Chang, a Beijing-based correspondent for the US television network, said in a blog post on CNN.com that she hunted down the shirt after hearing they had been banned amid fears they "may offend the American president."
The shirt shows Obama, who is making his first visit to China as president, in a Red Army uniform staring into the distance in a pose made famous by the former Chinese leader.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Communists know a communist when they see one!
lolz
‘...in a Red Army uniform staring into the distance in a pose made famous by the former Chinese leader.’
Made famous by Mao or by one of his many propagandists?
CNN has reporters?
CNN has communists? No!!!!
Guess the Chicoms don’t want their manchurian candidate revealed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
