I China'd hard

  • quarrk [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    I’d be more nervous bringing this through TSA than I would be for a bag of weed

    • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      lol, i connected through S.Korea and i was a bit nervous having that North Korea mag in my carryon bag.

  • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    I love the little soldier figure.

    Was sort of wondering how they're doing in the battle to develop adorable, merchandisable government mascots. They can't leave the space totally open to Japan!

    • Gucci_Minh [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      I think the rabbit cartoon is pretty good tbh

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      And obviously pandas are eternal

    • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      That one is chill as fuck, it says 'Nothing is impossible' in Chinese with a pic of Bin Laden and the smoking twin towers in the background. Got it from a random souvenir shop in Hangzhou.

      here is a close up:

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      • miz [any, any]
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        3 months ago

        IMPOSSIBLE LS NOTHING

        (GOOD post btw)

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        3 months ago

        You should buy a bunch of these and turn them to stickers, and whenever you see a parked car with an american flag/military sticker on it, put this on top of it

  • GaveUp [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    Where did you go lol these are not normal Chinese souvenirs

    • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      The big stuff in the middle is mostly from the propaganda poster museum in Shanghai, the lighter/matches were from a souvenir shop in Hanghzhou, most of the Mao stuff/hats/magnets were from random trinket/souvenir stores in the various cities I visited, the red paper cutout art of famous commies was from a random art stand in Shanghai. Little red books (one English, one Chinese) was from a cool book store in Zhujaijao.

  • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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    3 months ago

    these rule

    does the one with the fruit have a source? It's amazing

    • Quaxamilliom [comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      It is a tote bag from the propaganda poster museum in Shanghai. The pic depicts the strong Sino-Soviet friendship at the time! Those ones are really sad in hindsight.

      here is a but of info I just found on it through google, may be a reactionary source, not sure.

      https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/chinese-soviet-propaganda-posters/

      eta: yup, reactionary source lol.

  • vehicom@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    I am ashamed to admit that the merch i got on my china trip mostly consists of... checks notes... hatsune miku, jjk, and sanrio merch.... oops.

  • Titou [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    Sick, also the hammer & sickle hat goes hard ngl