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Hu urged the Chinese to understand the seriousness of the struggle for Chinese cultural integrity and to always \u201csound the alarms and remain vigilant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Hu is exaggerating the dangers, especially with regard to the fundamental aspects of Chinese culture. It\u2019s hard to imagine <em>Transformers 3<\/em>\u00a0doing much damage to Confucian ethics or the Chinese sense of community and solidarity. However, Hu is correct when he suggests popular culture can and routinely does promote certain values and modes of behavior. It is highly normative. Popular culture \u2013 films, television shows, cheap literature \u2013 have the potential to function ideologically, and consumers of popular culture in China as well as in the United States are encouraged to \u201cget on board\u201d with the social world popular culture imagines and promotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s common to assume American popular culture leads only to mindless escape, but in a recent speech to Communist Party officials President Hu Juntao of China warned that American popular culture might have a much more dangerous effect. 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