Hello Kitty på andravärldskrigsmuseum?

[Marcus]

"Hello Kitty" Badge Found in Anti-war Museum



A "Hello Kitty" badge is exhibited at a World War II exhibition in southwest China's Yunnan Province. [Photo: yunnan.cn]

A badge carved with Hello Kitty, an iconic Japanese cartoon image created in 1974, was found by surprise at an anti-war exhibition on World War II, causing heated discussions online, Chinanews.com.cn reports.

The badge is said to have been owned by a U.S. team, who helped China maintain the Stilwell Road connecting Kunming city, the provincial capital of Yunnan, with northeast India, in 1943.

But how could the "Hello Kitty" badge, which didn't exist until thirty years later, be part of the anti-war exhibition?

A staff member from the Yunnan-Myanmar Anti-war Museum confirmed that the cartoon badge has actually no connection with that period of history. It was jointly exhibited with another badge due to their similar material.

Now the cartoon badge has been removed from the exhibition, due to "inaccurate time information," according to the museum.

"A professional museum would not have such problems," explained a museum staffer, who said the collections mainly come from civilians and that the management team lack professional background.

Source: http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/10/10/1781s661972.htm (China Radio International English, 10th October 2011).

[Fredrik Andersson]

Jamenjösses... Nog för att det kan bli fel i bland men det här var ju nästan roligt! Ungefär som att visa upp en tax-free-katalog från en finlandsfärja ihop med föremålen från regalskeppet Kronan - "Vad? Njae, den slank liksom bara med. Men båda har ju varit på Österjön...?"

[B Hellqvist]

Passar bra ihop med den här...

[Fredrik Andersson]

Bara i USA. Bara i USA...