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达菲鸡 (“Intelligent Fragrant Chicken”) a homophone with 打飞机 Dǎ Fēi Jī, slang for masturbation while literally meaning “hit the airplane”) is seen here in DaDaism style, “hitting”  a “Green Dam Girl” airplane after successfully shot down a Google jet. There are three distinctively different female internet celebrities in this picture- riding the chicken is 罗玉凤 (凤姐) (Luo YuFeng) who first gained national attention in November 2009, after passing out flyers in Shanghai seeking a marriageable boyfriend with excessive requirements. On the lower right corner is 汤加丽 (Tang Jiali), a dancer and artist. She is the first woman to sell books of nude artistic photographs of herself. The third woman is 苍井空 (Sora Aoi), an immensely popular Japanese porn star whose fans start distributing software allowing them to bypass the “The Great Firewall of China” after her Twitter account was blocked. In the foreground is MaoDonald’s and Mao DMC. Other graphic elements included “Spunks Not Dead” a pun on punk band The Exploited’s album,  Keith Haring style baby graffiti with a chicken penis head, inside saying  “啃德鸡巴” (Edible Penis)- a pun on the Chinese name of KFC Fried Chicken, Popular Chinese meme “贾君鹏，你妈妈喊你回家打飞机。” and “哥打的不是飞机，是寂寞。” and China paramount leader 胡锦涛 (Hu JinTao) PRC logo in KFC style. 

PokeMao is peacefully holding a Jasmine flower. In the background is Chairman Mao’s famous quote “革命无罪, 造反有理” (There is no crime to revolt, There is reason to rebel).

“法克鱿” (French-Croatian Squid) which pronounced in Mandarin is homophonic to “Fa Ke Yu or Fuck You” is chewing a bubblegum called “Dubble Rubble”. Inside the inflation are symbol of RMB, ginger, garlic and green peas.  The French-Croatian Squid has a body wearing 中山装 Zhongshan suit (Mao Suit in the West). On the suit are painted graffiti of “拆” (demolish).In the foreground is the Shanghai skyline, with two construction cranes lifting a Louis Vuitton and a Chanel handbags as construction materials. A billboard that depicts Deng XiaoPing with a pompadour along with the popular Chinese meme “神马都是浮云” is sitting behind the skyline. Yoda is seen as a “蜗居” (Snail Dwelling) with Chinese performance artist 梁克刚 as “房奴” (Mortgage Slave).

 A pun on another iconic Chinese products 菊花精- a chrysanthemums extracts powder that can be dissolved with water into a healthy drink. Chrysanthemums also has a double meaning of “Anus” among Chinese netizens. The title is a pun of “滿城盡帶黃金甲” (Curse of the Golden Flower). The logo contains a graphic of Ai WeiWei behind bars. The brand name is 花蚕牌- which refer to one of Baidu mythical creatures 菊花蚕 (Chrysanthemum Silkworms). It is produced by 满肛红食品集团公司 (Bloody Anus Food Company); 满肛红 is a pun on 满江红 (All are Red in the River), a poem written by legendary Song Dynasty general and Chinese national hero 岳飞 (Yue Fei) who has evolved into the standard model of loyalty in Chinese culture.

On the side of the box says:
“本产品以优质纯天然光腚肿菊制作而成。
每天深情俯身吞服三到四大杯的菊花精，
对被临时性墙奸后恢复精力有莫大脾益。
饮用方便，营养丰富，漂颜面及抗衰老。”

“This product is made with natural 光腚肿菊 (a pun on “广电总局” (The Radio Film and Television Administration) meaning “Bare-Bottomed Swollen Anus”. Everyday with deep feeling, bowed and swallow 3 to 4 cups of Chrysanthemums Semen will give great advantages after 临时性墙奸 (Temporary Rape by Great Firewall of China). Convenient to use, full with nutrients, bleach your face and anti-aging.”

A pun on the Chinese iconic national liquor 茅台酒 (MouTai), the revised content of the 矛盾酒 (MouDun) consisted of the following messages in Chinese (follow by English translation):

•   纯茉莉花酿制- Fermented and brewed by Pure Jasmine

•   爱国度:  120% Vol- Level of Patriotism: 120% Vol

•   净含量:  5000 Yrs- Content: 5000 Years

•   Ma de in China– “Ma de” is the Romanization for 妈的 which literally means “mother’s” and is short for “f**k your mother.” The term is roughly equivalent to “damn,” or “f**k” in English.

•   神州天朝马勒戈壁市某山寨酒厂- 神州 (China),  妈的 (The Celestial Empire- an ancient name for China. Recently, netizens have used the term sarcastically to refer to China under the current government. Oftentimes the term is used to suggest that China’s leaders are self-important and have a China-centric view of the world.),  马勒戈壁  (The Mahler Gobi is the fictional home of the Grass-Mud Horse. In Chinese, “mǎ lè gē bì” sounds the same as “your mother’s f**ing cunt” (妈了个屄),  某山寨酒厂 (some imitation/ knock-off distillery)

•   敏感瓷加倍过滤- 敏感瓷 (sensitive porcelain) sounds the same in Chinese as “sensitive words” (敏感词). “Sensitive words” in China are names of politicians, religious movements (like Falun Gong), events like (The thirty-fifth of May), and subversive online terms (like Grass-Mud Horse).  加倍过滤 means extreme distilled (filtered). The phrase means the sensitive words are being extremely filtered.

•  不管红酒白酒，喝得醉的就是好酒– A pun on Deng XiaoPing famous “Black Cat White Cat” quotation: “Whether the wine is red or white makes no difference. As long as it gets you drunk, it is a good wine.”

Loosely based on the design of popular 中华 (Chung Hwa) cigarette brand in China, the new brand name 翻墙 meaning to “Leap Over the Great Firewall of China”. It is produced by 功夫网驰名商标出品 (“Kung Fu Net Famous Trademark”- In Chinese, the first letter of each word in “kung fu net” are GFW. GFW is an abbreviation of “The Great Firewall of China.” Thus the kung fu net is the internet as it exists after it has been kung fu-ed by the Chinese government.) The slogan of the cigarette is 纵横天朝 自由奔放 (Roam in “The Celestial Empire” with openness and freedom).

The side of the package contains the following Chinese message:

“内含三聚氰胺,宜让领导先吸。未经自我审查,
饱满醇逸,手感舒适。吸后海阔天空,高瞻远瞩,
让您热情洒脱地实事求是,开胸验肺,布鸣真象。”

“Contains Melamine (the adulterant in 2008 Chinese Poison Milk Scandal), suitable to “Let the Leaders smoke first” a pun on “让领导先走” (In 1994, Karamay (克拉玛依), Xinjiang, a fire broke out in a theater in which 1000 children were watching a special variety performance. As the fire spread, a woman ordered loudly, “Everyone sit down. Don’t move. Let the leaders leave first!” (大家坐下，不要动，让领导先走). The fire resulted in 325 deaths, 288 of whom were children.

It has not been 自我审查 (Self Censored). Full bodied taste with great hand feel. After smoking the sky and ocean open up, and one can climb high and see very far away.

Let you passionately perform the followings:

•   实事求是 “Seek Truth From Facts” (a historically established expression and a key element of Maoism, first quoted by Mao Zedong during a speech at the Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1938, in reference to pragmatism. Beginning in 1978, it was further promoted by Deng Xiaoping as a central ideology of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and applied to economic and political reforms thereafter.)

•   开胸验肺 “Thoracotomy” (Open chest to inspect lungs) This medical procedure was immortalized in internet discourse after Zhang Haichao underwent the procedure to prove that he had lung cancer after spending two years petitioning the government. After an outpouring of online support, Zhang was awarded 615,000 RMB in workers compensation.

•   布鸣真象 (Don’t understand the actual situation) has a similar pronunciation of 不明真相. This stock phrase is often used by Chinese government and official media to describe participants in “mass incidents” such as riots and protests. The phrase is controversial because it suggests that those who participant in mass incidents do so not because of any real grievances, but because they have been duped by a small number of those with “ulterior motives.”

After Mohammad gets destroyed by Israel, Obama appears as Abraham wearing the Obi-Wan Kenobi costume from Star Wars. His beard is appropriated from Michelangelo‘s Creation of the

Sun and Moon at Sistine Chapel. He is attempting to shoot a basketball hoop. The backboard of the basketball board is a world map, being supported by Tower of Babel, a painting by Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder. St John Coltrane and the Flying Spaghetti Monster sit next to the tower with the new Freedom Tower behind them. In front of the basketball hoop there is the Western Wall of Temple Mount with many surveillance camera installed. The Wailing Wall consists of three murals – the cartoon from Ma’ariv, an Israeli newspaper, showing Obama painting the White House black, the Danish Jyllands-Posten controversial Muhammad cartoon and its internet counter response. On the inside of the wall there are: selected details of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, a Sefer Torah, pies of skull from Apotheosis of War by Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian icon of Moses with Burning Bush, a painting of Adam and Eve playing an electric guitar and tambourine, Diamond Skull by Damien Hirst on top of Jeff Koons’ Michael Jackson and Bubbles sculpture, Banksy’s graffiti pigeon wearing a bulletproof vest, Shalom Salem Peace sign and the Ten Commandments stones. Outside the wall there are: a Hanukkah menorah blocking the gate a protesting dove is trying to enter through, a Black Moses wearing a US peace sign on his head, WAR IS OVER poster by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, a Hamas grandma holding a rocket launcher. The background contains a big 3d rendering of Tetragrammaton (YHWH) and the Dead Sea Scrolls. At the end, Obama takes all the shit that happened, turns it into a basketball with a peace sign and jumps over the Western Wall slam dunking in the style of Michael Jordan, turning the peace basketball into light and doves that fly out from the basketball net.

Based on the Islamic story Isra and Mi’raj (Night Journey) from Qur’an chapter 17, Obama as Mohammad is resting in Kaaba in Mecca with his body appropriated from Siyar-i Nabî. When the Archangel Gabriel comes to him, and brings him the winged steed Hillary Clinton Buraq that wears the Iranian Pahlavi crown jewels and an Islamic US flag. Together they travel from Mecca to Jerusalem and back. He is holding a “VETO” rubber stamp with United Nations logo on it. During the journey they fly through different regions in the Middle East. The passed-by elements

include a Hamas militant shooting a bazooka, Edward Said, a United States of Islam dollar bill,

Sling Shot boy character from the Under Siege PC game, protesters from Saudi Arabia and

Palestine, a hand Peace Sign with the fingers cut off, the Hira cave, and a MeccaDonald’s sign.

When they arrive at Jerusalem they are greeted by Mickey Mouse George J. Mitchell, the US

special envoy to the Middle East. They are being blocked by the Israeli West Bank Barrier,

which raises an Israel/ US hybrid Flag and has a “Caution Palestine” sign that resembles the

illegal immigrant sign on US Southern border. On the wall there is a Yankees logo with a M-16

rifle and Banksy graffiti at the far back. The Dome of the Rock is heavily guarded by the Israeli

IDF D9 “Teddy Bear” Armored Bulldozers, Merkava Tanks and F16 fighter jets shooting GBU-28

“Bunker Buster” bombs. Godfrey of Bouillon from the First Crusades is standing in the corner

witnessing the whole scene.

Based on chapter 11 of the Sanskrit Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, Obama reincarnates as Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu and shows his Vishvarupa (Universal Form) of Arjuna (an American Eagle) on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. He is wearing a United Nations IAEA button, an AIDS ribbon and the new redesigned radioactive warning signs. Mutated fish with three eyes and frog legs attack Obama while he is trying, with his numerous arms, to catch all of the nuclear missiles coming from around the world, including the Pakistanian Ghauri nuclear missile, the Indian Agni III missile, the North Korean Taepodong missile, the Russian R-36/ SS-9 SCARP missile, the American Minuteman III, the British Trident II, the French M45 SLBM, and the Chinese Dongfeng missile. Obama takes all the nuclear weapons, and then turns the Odharma wheel.

The backdrop is beautiful scenery of the conflicted Kashmir region: Chitta Katha Lake in

Shonter Valley of Azad Kashmir, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Monastery India.

On the ground barrels are leaking radioactive waste and a mutant lamb with five legs is standing

in the toxic green spill. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is holding an oil lamp with

Vladimir Putin as the Genie giant. Other elements include a found protest portrait of Indian

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an animal with George W Bush; the Iranian Grand

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a Benazir Bhutto’s shrine, North Korean Kim Jong Il, the Ryugyong

Hotel with a huge Camel Spider climbing it and the Taj Mahal and a Fat Man gravity bomb.