Chinese Govt. Clamp Down on Obama Merchandise
A story from November 2009 that you may not have seen yet.
"With President Obama scheduled to visit Beijing on Monday, city authorities have banned souvenir vendors from selling a popular t-shirt depicting the president as a Mao-era red guard," reports Foreign Policy.
"The T-shirts have Obama’s image in a Red Guard uniform. Since he was elected the US president last year, the T-shirt has had a ready market. According to some business owners, they got calls last week from Beijing Municipal Government demanding them to stop the sale of this kind of T-shirt immediately. And inspection officers even came to stores to make sure the T-shirts are off the shelf. Business owners have been notified that after Obama ends his visit to China, they can resume the sale." - China Digital Times
More photos here, and the original story at China Digital times is here.
"With President Obama scheduled to visit Beijing on Monday, city authorities have banned souvenir vendors from selling a popular t-shirt depicting the president as a Mao-era red guard," reports Foreign Policy.
"The T-shirts have Obama’s image in a Red Guard uniform. Since he was elected the US president last year, the T-shirt has had a ready market. According to some business owners, they got calls last week from Beijing Municipal Government demanding them to stop the sale of this kind of T-shirt immediately. And inspection officers even came to stores to make sure the T-shirts are off the shelf. Business owners have been notified that after Obama ends his visit to China, they can resume the sale." - China Digital Times
More photos here, and the original story at China Digital times is here.
posted by Admin at
9/25/2010 02:37:00 PM
3 Comments:
I wish I could get one here in th USA
You're right Trevor, I hadn't seen this story before, but I can easily understand why the Chinese market those and also why Americans haven't heard of this much.
Excellent post!
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