The Star-Spangled Banner: What do Chinese people think of Obama?

Just last year, Obama seemed as popular in China as anywhere. A survey by the U.S. embassy in Beijing late last year and reprinted in China Daily showed he was popular among 75% of Internet users who participated in the survey.

Recently, however, similar polls have signaled a steep drop. In the latest issue of Oriental Outlook, an article called “Chinese people’s view on Obama” indicates that there is plummeting support. The publication conducted informal polls and interviews, resulting in a sober prognosis. After slapping tariffs on Chinese products, the magazine found that, “In many Chinese people’s eyes, he hasn’t been able to maintain a positive image.”

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/11/13/is-barack-obama-unpopular-in-china-2/

“Chinese people’s view on Obama” (in Chinese)

Source: http://focus.news.163.com/09/1109/16/5NMM7P7V00011SM9.html

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On Love... from the Yuan Dynasty

This poem was written over 700 years ago by the only famous female artist from the Yuan Dynasty - Guan Daosheng (管道升).

我儂詞

你儂我儂，

忒煞情多，

情多處，

熱如火。

把一塊泥，

捻一個你，

塑一個我。

將咱兩個，

一齊打破，

用水調和。

再捻一個你，

再塑一個我。

我泥中有你，

你泥中有我。

與你生同一個衾，

死同一個槨。

Married Love

You and I

Have so much love,

That it

Burns like a fire,

In which we bake a lump of clay

Molded into a figure of you

And a figure of me.

Then we take both of them,

And break them into pieces,

And mix the pieces with water,

And mold again a figure of you,

And a figure of me.

I am in your clay.

You are in my clay.

In life we share a single quilt,

In death we will share one coffin.

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