Wang’s disdain for mass advertising is the subject of this diptych which refers—in his words—to the “big character posters” of China’s Cultural Revolution. On walls covered not with ivy, but rather barbed wire, the Maoist slogan proclaims “Increase Vigilance, Protect the Homeland,” while the Coca-Cola poster copies the same writing style. The face visible in the opening above the political message has dropped from view above the advertisement. Reading left to right, not right to left as is traditional in China, the arrangement of the panels reinforces the altered position of the country’s Communist history and consumerist present. The artist is explicit in his intention: “In the past, the streets were hung with posters in fights over political beliefs. Now the struggle is over financial power and business gain...”