Friday, May 11, 2012

China, America


That is the United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.  Gary Locke is a third-generation American, born in Seattle, Washington.  He is of Chinese descent.

Ambassador Locke's face has been superimposed on that of a victim of a "struggle session" from the Cultural Revolution period. The creator of this montage is Qin Feng, the niece of former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing.

Qin is a racist. She did this because she thinks of Gary Locke as Chinese, despite being American born, despite being of the third generation of his family to be American. She sees him as a "traitor" to his "real" people, the Chinese.

My thanks to Dr. Weimin Mo for forwarding this story.