There was a brief political infatuation among some Westerners in the 1960’s with Nehru jackets and Maoist revolution, but it was brief. As John Lennon sang in 1968, “if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow.”
二十世纪五十年代，亚洲呈现的是贫穷和饥荒的形象。六十年代，西方有人一度对尼赫鲁夹克衫和毛式革命充满政治迷恋，但很短暂。正如约翰·列农在1968年所唱的那样：“如果你高举毛主席画像，你在哪里也不会成功”。