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I disagree. What if we were having this discussion in the '80s and I told you in 2011, we'd all be familiarized and talking about a Japanese brand that became one of the "coolest" in the States? You'd say "No way, I don't foresee Americans wearing Japanese clothes" right? What if I told you No Doubt would rise in popularity off of Harajuku themes, or Hollywood would start mimicking famous Korean cinema like Old Boy?Originally Posted by 0cks
I don't really foresee Americans listening to Chinese pop, watching chinese movies and writing in Mandarin... alot of that stuff doesn't translate well so exporting all that would prove to be very tough...Originally Posted by RetroSan
...communistOriginally Posted by bobbytripledigits
Haha I wish.
I.T, the same company that now owns Bape, is also our Chinese distributor. And although we're steadily growing in HK and China, we aren't nearly on the radar as we are here. Again, American brands, artists, companies, music, even sports and athletes, are not very cool to China. They would rather buy Japanese brands or look within. They don't need Twitter, they have Weibo. They don't even need Nike, they have Li-Ning. And by sheer numbers alone, the Chinese voice dominates. By the time your kids are grown, America will be emulating Chinese culture in more ways than one - JUST because the money and resources are there.
JK, but that kind of depressed the &%!@ outta me
IMO chinese culture will stay in China... now spanish though might become our national language
Chinese culture is already infiltrating. CNN has been talking heavily about Ai Wei Wei over the past month, a very famous Chinese dissident artist. Again, the money is in China, so the world will follow.