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PLA army coat spotted in Harlem, ManhattanPosted by Alice Xin Liu on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM
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Comments on PLA army coat spotted in Harlem, Manhattan
Manhattan Project II
Oh my goodness, it looks great on her!
Quick, link this to The Sartorialist blog!
sheep in wolf's clothing
one of my professors has one, too. she bought it in Xi'an years ago and loves it. we are in Ohio and if i had predicted the wind i'd have definitely tried to get one..
is that Manna's in the background?
M60 + Danwei reader = current Astoria resident & student/alumnus of Columbia, no?
alas, i know that long ride well.
What's the big deal? It IS warm. College students wear it all the time in China.
Hmmm, the M60 bus goes to LGA airport. Maybe he came from the airport.
Who calls it "Harlem, Manhattan"?
They sell at 40 yuan for a piece in Shenzhen. What I see is that immigrant workers and low income class are the majority consumers.
走狗!
She needs one of those great fur PLA caps, maybe surplus from the war the Chinese won in Korea against the Turks and other less well-prepared soldiers.
"...given to her at the Metropolitan Hospital Center in East Harlem"
Huh? Free? My tax dollars supporting Chinese slave factories?
just a reminder, many people's tax money's involved. mine included though just a very small part. and most people don't have problems with helping others get warm.
Chinese slave factories are mostly under investment capitals, mass producing daily commodities exported worldwide, mainly after ther open-up policy. try nike or disney, but an army coat? i'm not very positive about military supplies manufacturing state-owned factories being part of mainstream slavery. the workers may be poor yes, but there's a difference between poverty and slavery.
Re: joe.shuren
Don't forget, they still managed to drive back the 8th Army AS WELL the international contingent even without these army coats thanks to McArthur's great leadership (the Marines did just fine) :P
it is warm, yes, why make this big fuss?
这是为什么捏? 哈儿?
It reminds me of all the people in China you see wearing "I [heart] New York" shirts or random Alaska memorabilia who have clearly never been to those places (Of course, those things are probably made in China). Stuff gets around more than people do.
Good to see that China's soft power is starting to take hold, and that Americac women are joining the communist revolution.
Brings to mind on the the most peculiar quotes from Karl Marx:
"Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included."
I brought one of these coats back from Xi'an for my brother (lives in NYC). Who knows, maybe he donated it to Goodwill.
有点意思呃~~老美不厚道~~我们做衣服给你们穿还说三道四~~再嚷嚷就菊爆你们~~