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e: Photo essay
The photo series ‘I Love China’ was
taken between the winter of 2010
and the spring of 2011.
I was struck by the sight of a milelong
wall covered in red graffiti for
the 60th anniversary of New China
(back in 2009). Graffiti is something
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very Western to the Chinese eye,
but the colour red and the wall are
traditional Chinese symbols, so the
combination was interesting.
One section of the graffiti read “I
love China” in English. Although
the whole Chinese nation still has
an English fever, a patriotic slogan
in a foreign language and Western
form is a bit unusual. As I looked, a
McDonald’s delivery bike went past.
The moment struck me as a perfect
reflection of today’s China. ▸