Shanghaiist: Tibetan Barbies flaunt their stuff

taihanasie

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:06:00 +0800

Does anyone else think it is sad that cultural awareness about Tibet is being promoted by plastic dolls? And if these are not made by Barbie, Xinhua better watch out. With all of the trouble China has with intellectual property issues, all Xinhua needs is to be "branded" as a promoter of intellectual property violations, whether accidental or not.

yu888

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:51:41 +0800

Kinda funny to hear them use it like this but that is indeed the power of branding. Asking for a kleenex versus a tissue, a ziploc bag, or making a xerox copy of something all started like this...

WatchBagDVD

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:18:38 +0800

I think the Xinhua editors just assumed "Barbie" was short for "barbarian" in this instance, don'tcha know yuk yuk yuk. Ya gotta "Han" it to 'em! Now off to that China Marathon post to make some bad butt puns!

T

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:13:47 +0800

Hey Xinhua! "Barbie" is a specific type of doll referring to the blonde overly curvy doll made by Mattel (and her beau Ken), NOT a generic term for female dolls. Y'all need to update your style guide.