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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’d be more nervous bringing this through TSA than I would be for a bag of weed

[–] Quaxamilliom@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

lol, i connected through S.Korea and i was a bit nervous having that North Korea mag in my carryon bag.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love the little soldier figure.

Was sort of wondering how they're doing in the battle to develop adorable, merchandisable government mascots. They can't leave the space totally open to Japan!

[–] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

I think the rabbit cartoon is pretty good tbh

And obviously pandas are eternal

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Quaxamilliom@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

That one is chill as fuck, it says 'Nothing is impossible' in Chinese with a pic of Bin Laden and the smoking twin towers in the background. Got it from a random souvenir shop in Hangzhou.

here is a close up:

[–] miz@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

IMPOSSIBLE LS NOTHING

(GOOD post btw)

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

You should buy a bunch of these and turn them to stickers, and whenever you see a parked car with an american flag/military sticker on it, put this on top of it

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

The bin laden one holy shit

[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

This is sick as helllllllll lets-fucking-go

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

Peak taobao haul

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where did you go lol these are not normal Chinese souvenirs

[–] Quaxamilliom@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

The big stuff in the middle is mostly from the propaganda poster museum in Shanghai, the lighter/matches were from a souvenir shop in Hanghzhou, most of the Mao stuff/hats/magnets were from random trinket/souvenir stores in the various cities I visited, the red paper cutout art of famous commies was from a random art stand in Shanghai. Little red books (one English, one Chinese) was from a cool book store in Zhujaijao.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

these rule

does the one with the fruit have a source? It's amazing

[–] Quaxamilliom@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It is a tote bag from the propaganda poster museum in Shanghai. The pic depicts the strong Sino-Soviet friendship at the time! Those ones are really sad in hindsight.

here is a but of info I just found on it through google, may be a reactionary source, not sure.

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/chinese-soviet-propaganda-posters/

eta: yup, reactionary source lol.

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

ay thanks nice one

I love it

[–] vehicom@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

I am ashamed to admit that the merch i got on my china trip mostly consists of... checks notes... hatsune miku, jjk, and sanrio merch.... oops.

[–] Titou@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Sick, also the hammer & sickle hat goes hard ngl