Comments on: Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan And Li Na Make Time’s List Of 100 Most Influential People

By: Too long in Beijing

Too long in Beijing — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:47:16 +0000

Don’t know about the qipao. I remember when Lucy Liu was in Beijing filming Kill Bill, she wore a qipao to the bar Neo Lounge. Some guy mistook her for a waitress and asked her to bring him some beers in rather rude Chinese. She was not so happy.

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:04:01 +0000

No, no. Something more hanfu-y than qipao-ish, please. Now, I’m not an especially strident supporter of the hanfu movement (because, dammit, these kids treat it like cosplay, and oh, oh, the anachronisms!), but hanfu seems more regal and befitting a first lady. Qipao, unless it’s magnificently tailored, is probably going to make me think of a Chinatown waitress… or possibly Nicole Kidman…

I’m waiting for Peng Liyuan to wear something by Guo Pei. That lady really knows how to design a dress.

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:22:55 +0000

Does Xi have a personal stylist (or mechanic) de-grease and shampoo that shellac helmet at night and then completely re-apply it again EVERY…SINGLE…DAY??

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:48:35 +0000

My graduate students here in Shenyang are besotted with Peng Liyuan. The reason? “She is promoting Chinese clothing to the world,” they say.

If their reactions are any indication, the distinction between “Chinese clothing” and “Chinese-made Western clothing” seems to have been elided amidst all the hype.

I’m still waiting for the First Lady rock a qipao, preferably with a very high side slit. That’s the kind of “Chinese clothing” I can really get behind!

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:19:29 +0000

The President of China as influential as Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake??

No way, Time! No way!