Today at a pedestrian street in Bengbu, Anhui province, I briefly met a little boy wearing clothing with a red, white, and blue stars & stripes design.
Nearby, I saw a familiar stars & stripes design style on a motor scooter.
A very short walk away from there, I saw another type of stars & stripes design I have also seen before in China.
And across the river, I saw yet another red, white, and blue design.
All of this happened to come across my path in a span of less than 90 minutes. I saw more related designs later in the day and none of them struck me as out of the ordinary. The designs raise questions about American influence, or soft power, in China. In the next post, I will share a disturbing example of how that influence may be having an impact in an unfortunate way.
Nearby, I saw a familiar stars & stripes design style on a motor scooter.
A very short walk away from there, I saw another type of stars & stripes design I have also seen before in China.
And across the river, I saw yet another red, white, and blue design.
All of this happened to come across my path in a span of less than 90 minutes. I saw more related designs later in the day and none of them struck me as out of the ordinary. The designs raise questions about American influence, or soft power, in China. In the next post, I will share a disturbing example of how that influence may be having an impact in an unfortunate way.
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