| CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt AFP
A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained by Chinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting US President Barack Obama as Mao Zedong. Emily Chang, a Beijing-based correspondent for the US television network, said in a blog post on CNN.com that she hunted down the shirt after hearing they had been banned amid fears they "may offend the American president." The shirt shows Obama, who is making his first visit to China as president, in a Red Army uniform staring into the distance in a pose made famous by the former Chinese leader. The front of the shirt says "Serve the People" in Chinese, Chang said. "Oba-Mao" is written on the back in English. Chang said she held the shirt up to the camera while filming a story in a Shanghai market. "When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." - Fall Of The Republic - Buy the DVD here
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