Sublime

People went from seeing Chinese people as coolies who stole jobs to fetishizing them as alluring, mysterious foreigners.

Japanese youth at Take Ivy launch party, August 1965, in November 1965 issue of Men’s Club. (Courtesy of Hearst Fujingahō)

“Who are ‘Chinese audiences’?” Most big-city, 35-and-younger Chinese and college students are well aware that they can’t access major western networks, and it’s a common talking point on the internet. There’s a lot of low-level grumbling about it, but it’s an atmosphere of annoyance rather than outrage. Part of the reason for this is that there ar