No 3XL?
Posted on 07/16/2024 8:20:20 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
It is unclear why the listings were taken down, but the Chinese internet is heavily controlled, with content considered "sensitive" routinely taken down.
The assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last Saturday sparked widespread discussion online, with related hashtags trending high on X-like platform Weibo.
A cached image on Taobao, one of China's largest e-commerce sites, shows the T-shirt priced at 39 yuan ($9; £7).
A 25-year-old Taobao retailer told South China Morning Post that she received more than 2,000 orders for the T-shirts a mere three hours after she put it up for sale. Most were from China and the US.
Trump has been the source of online attention in China for years - for both positive and negative reasons.
The trade war he waged with Beijing during his presidency enraged the government and many Chinese people, but saw some support as well - among them a group of Chinese immigrants in the US who have been translating all of Trump's tweets via the X account @Trump_Chinese. The account, started in September 2018, has amassed more than 344,000 followers over the years.
There is also a popular online joke that plays on the Chinese translation of Trump -which is Chuan. He is often referred to as Chuan Jianguo which translates to "Trump - our nation builder" as a means of mocking what they see as his role in helping set China on the path to becoming a superpower.
Chinese entrepreneurs have been cashing in on the interest in him for years now.
Although the listings of T-shirts featuring Trump after the shooting have been pulled in China, online retailers there are still peddling a wide range of Trump merchandise including socks and mugs with his caricature, and red caps bearing his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
There’s an impression that China is this bee hive populated by drones in thrall to the leader. Based on what an Italian expat has to say about the precautions taken when Xi Jinping travels out of his centuries-old fortress, the Chinese leadership doesn’t literally think this. Note that this is in a police state where the organs of state security are ubiquitous. And yet ... Obviously there's more than meets the eye.
[Just to compare security at political events in US vs China when the President arrives in town and doesn’t even have a public speech like Trump’s: - all roads are blocked and residents in some buildings around the event need to evacuate it (yes even if they live in).
- those in office buildings cannot go out for entire time.
- snipers all over the place.
- internet slow and VPNs services are sketchy.
Obviously there are threats also on China and don’t leave anything to chance.]
Shirts with the “Trump Fight” motif are still for sale on Amazon.
No 3XL?
In China?
Doubtless copyright issues...
It wouldn’t surprise me to find that the Chinese had orchestrated it.
That type of reaction is not something Xi likes.
Commies want you cowed, defeated, compliant.
Showing defiance, spirit and courage is not something that Xi wants his own people to emulate.
I’m glad someone here at FR cropped that woman out of the picture on the home page.
Historically the greatest fear of Chinese governments all the way back was civil unrest, so paranoia about Chinese citizens’ potential to go rogue is the rule.
Infowars says they will have an American made t-shirt for delivery in mid August.
A Trump t-shirt with that photo would be great, but I’d strongly prefer it be made in the USA.
It’s totally clear.
Think about it.
With all the money the Chinese have fed the Bidens, the OWN Joe. Maybe they had a hand in it? Maybe they don’t want anyone to find that out?
I know.
Just like American flags and patriotic July 4 type decorations are all made in China.
No thanks.
Amazon has them today, it’s Prime Day.
Hard to find tshirts made in the US anymore...
100% cotton t-shirts made in usa
Women t shirts made in usa
Men t shirts made in usa
I like this example, show me more...
https://www.temu.com/-shirt-n-flag-t-shirt--voting-shirt--t-shirt---voting-t-shirt-arrested-shot-fight-shirt--for--t-shirt--again-shirt-take--back-shirt-cotton-shirt-made-in-usa-g-601099612412607.html?top_gallery_url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.kwcdn.com%2Fproduct%2Ffancy%2F4e52fa7a-8504-4770-bb2b-77f3aef919aa.jpg&spec_id=3002&spec_gallery_id=5440&refer_page_sn=10009&refer_source=0&freesia_scene=2&_oak_freesia_scene=2&_oak_rec_ext_1=MTA2Mw&_oak_gallery_order=72503483%2C1076933960%2C1527708199%2C1164684456%2C2049196718&_oak_rec_hot=1&_oak_mp_inf=EL%2B1%2Fcam1ogBGiA4OGY0OGZkMDkwOWU0YWQxYjk3ZTQzY2NjNjI2YjA1NyDKtPuujDI%3D&spec_ids=3002&search_key=trump%20t-shirt&refer_page_el_sn=200049&_x_sessn_id=6mcahhvfkt&refer_page_name=search_result&refer_page_id=10009_1721306637255_8tcwmom9di
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