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Factory makes a chicken out of Trump

Source: AFP | January 10, 2017, Tuesday | Print Edition

A FACTORY in east China’s Zhejiang Province, is hatching giant inflatable chickens resembling Donald Trump to usher in the Year of the Rooster.

The fowls sport the distinctive golden mane of the US president-elect and mimic his signature hand gestures with their tiny wings.

Cartoon figures of animals from the Chinese zodiac are ubiquitous around Chinese New Year which this year falls on January 28.

The balloon factory is selling its birds for as much as 14,400 yuan (US$2,080) on shopping site Taobao for a 10-meter version.

“I saw his image on the news and he has a lot of personality, and since Year of the Rooster is coming up I mixed these two elements together to make a Chinese chicken,” factory owner Wei Qing told reporters.

“It is so funny, so we designed it and tried to sell it and it turned out to be popular.” The cartoon balloon appeared to be based on a sculpture by US artist Casey Latiolais, unveiled at a shopping mall last month in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province.

Wei said he was not aware the American designer had created the original, but added that “there are some differences in the facial expression. And that one is glass. Ours is inflatable.”

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