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Reasons to be bullish about China

This mock ad, posted on forum website Xici Hutong, gives some reasons to be optimistic about China finding it way through the financial crisis.

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The copy reads:

Let the world know China's power!

Facing the financial crisis, we Chinese workers go into the battle stripped to the waist (i.e. bravely go into battle no matter what the circumstances), and overcome all difficulties.

The mock ad seems to have been produced by a Guangzhou ad agency.

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交枪不杀,一百零八;
优待俘虏,脑袋开花!

为了实现伟大的中国共产主义,冲啊~~~~~~~!

that's very violent and yellow!love it!

It's a shame they had to use a girl with such small mosquito bites to paste the flag over :^(

Dear web site about media and advertising, it is worth mentioning that this is viral advertising campaign for BrandVoice, a branding firm based in Guangzhou.

Nationalism, Nakd Girls, and Financial Woes. Something for everyone.

that guy's necklace is so effete that i almost thought he was a woman there for a second.

Dror:

That's why I wrote "The mock ad seems to have been produced by a Guangzhou ad agency" and linked the agency's website.

Give a naked woman some useful implements and a purposeful look and people will joke that she looks like a man. Pre... dict... ab-... Oh no, wait - they're just insulting her breast size! Sorry :)

Jeremy: You did?! I must be going blind in my old age. My apologies, sir.

Namely, unity is strength.

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