Why Rihanna and Coldplay's 'Racist' Video Doesn't Faze Native Chinese

Japanese Geishas; half-naked Ninjas covered in tattoos who look more like part-time rappers; Katana blades carved with Chinese characters, Indian Bodhisattvas with 1,000 hands; movements clearly cribbed from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “House of Flying Daggers.” The recently-released music video “Chinese Princess” (embedded below), which features Coldplay and a Rihanna clad in fake nails and bangs, has a lot of native Chinese laughing themselves silly, and has this author’s Chinese-American roommate fuming.