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April 29, 2007

I am yours forever

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Among the more nauseating of Chinese pop culture’s frequent forays into the grotesquely precious (see Crystal Love, Chinglish Snack foods) is the trend of his-and-hers t-shirts among younger couples. Normally, I would never dream of going out in public with my girlfriend wearing matching clothes, but the following shirts were too fantastic to pass up. “His” shirt has mainland China, while “her” shirt complements the picture with cute little Taiwan hanging out just off the coast. Side by side, together at last. The Chinese on “her” shirt reads: “I am yours forever.” Adorable!

Taiwon and China,

My students often write about the Taiwan issue (see China deploys quotation marks) in anthropomorphic terms. China is usually the “mother,” and Taiwan is the unruly child. Still, we shouldn’t look at these shirts as a political statement so much as a simple expression of love. After all, what could be more romantic than to say to your sweetheart: “You are the renegade province to my centralized one-party state, and I will defend my right to control your destiny to my last breath.” If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.

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