A traffic police woman from Jiangsu has become an internet hit after her picture was posted on Weibo by the local government account of Lianyungang city (@连云港发布) in Jiangsu, China.
The woman is popular among some netizens for doing her job in the freezing cold, but she is mainly a hit because of her looks and close resemblance to Michelle Chen, a popular actress and singer from Taiwan.
The female traffic police went trending on Sina Weibo under the hashtag ‘Traffic police woman is the look-alike of Michelle Chen’ (#女交警撞脸陈妍希#).
The original post by the Lianyungang city government of November 22 says: “Thumbs up for this beautiful traffic police woman in the snow. In the traffic peak this afternoon, the snow was heavy, but Chen Zixuan of the Haizhou area Lianyungang traffic police brigade has been sticking to her post. Let’s praise her!”
The Lianyungang official public security account added: “Their cheeks have become red from the blazing wind, but they always stand firm in the middle of the road; their hands are ice-cold from the cold snow, but their posture is still strong. Through wind and snow, they fulfill their duty, so that we can safely go home on this snowy evening.”
The praise of ordinary people doing their work is a recurring theme in official Chinese government announcements. In July 2016, China’s Communist Party produced a public service TV ad that also featured ordinary, hard-working people as model workers.
The 1-minute video showed a traffic police man in the rain and a street cleaner starting work early in the morning. The Party video conveyed the message that party members are “always part of the people, closely connected to the people, and devoted to serve the people.”
Especially female workers play an important role in the propagation of the hard-working citizen who is serving the people. The most famous examples are female locomotive driver Sun Guilan and Liang Jun, the woman to be a tractor driver in China. The latter was even depicted on Chinese banknotes in 1962.
Perhaps unfortunately for the local government, the propagated ‘serve the people’ message on the Jiangsu police woman did not inspire Weibo’s netizens as much as her beauty. “She looks just like Michelle Chen. With a bit more make-up, she’s even prettier than her,” some netizens commented.
Another Weibo user wonders about something else: “Don’t we have traffic lights nowadays? Don’t we have surveillance cameras? And automated traffic signs?”
“This is her job,” another netizen comments: “And she receives steady wages, it’s not a low-paying job. What is your goal of propagating this on Weibo? What about ordinary people like sanitation workers who struggle and suffer? Don’t propagate this woman!”
– By Manya Koetse
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