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Chinese Greet ‘Oba Mao’ With Flaming Statue, Wave of Enthusiasm

Pouches printed with a mixed image of U.S. President Barack Obama and late Chinese leader Mao Zedong are on sale at a small souvenir shop in Houhai, a famous tourist area in Beijing, on Thursday, September 24, 2009. (CCTV.com Photo)

clipped from www.foxnews.com

Sunday's arrival of a U.S. president admired for his charisma is already a source of profit and brief fame for some Chinese.

The Chinese have learned English from his speeches and celebrated the way he rolls up his sleeves. Now President Obama is finally coming, and he's being greeted with "Oba Mao" T-shirts and a statue of him that bursts into flames.

"Yes, setting something on fire can have negative connotations, but this piece represents energy and life that Obama has given to the world," said the 38-year-old, who made a similar piece for former revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.

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We Control the News Media – Anita Dunn Barack Obama’s Communications Whitehouse Director

Anita Dunn, Obama's Communications Director, the same woman who said her "favorite philosopher" was Mao Zedong, says in a conference "Movimiento por el Cambio Obama" (Movement for Change - Obama) in the Dominican Republic how they controlled the media to spin what they wanted out there. She explains how the Obama campaign controlled the spin and "worked" the Mainstream Media. Whoever controls the media controls the masses and the spin like true totalitarians. >>read more

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