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“Welcome to Chinese Walmart”: Emailing Oriental Curiosities

April 28, 2013 by Museum Fatigue

Over the past few years a number of friends, colleagues and acquaintances have forwarded an interesting email to me. The email, usually titled “Welcome to Chinese Walmart” features a series of images taken at Walmart stores in China. Judging from the number of times the email is indented—indicating that it has been quoted and forwarded–each of the emails circulated many dozens of times. Folks send it to me with good intentions because they know that I have spent some time […]

Categories: China, Food, Mythologies • Tags: culture, curiosities, email, exotic, Orientalism, sensational images, Walmart, walmart stores

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