Chinese await 'Oba Mao' with T-shirts, flaming statue

by Babel-Fish | November 13, 2009 at 02:57 pm

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Well once again I spluttered in my early morning coffee, Obama in a redguard uniform and Obama in flames, lol

You just got to read this story especial about the artist that wants to give the US president a warm welcome.

BEIJING–The Chinese have learned English from his speeches and celebrated the way he rolls up his sleeves. Now President Barack Obama is finally coming, and he's being greeted with "Oba Mao" T-shirts and a statue of him that bursts into flames.

Sunday's arrival of a U.S. president admired for his charisma is already a source of profit and brief fame for some Chinese.