Obama, as seen in China (16 images)

Presidents don't simply belong to the country they're elected in. If popular (or unpopular) enough, their image can reach iconic status even halfway across the world. Case in point, President Barack Obama, whose face pops up in some expected, and highly unexpected, places in China.

A large outdoor television shows the days news, featuring coverage ofU.S. President Barack Obama, at a busy intersection in Beijing April 13, 2009. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

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A news vendor sells a newspaper featuring U.S. President Barack Obama on the Jay Leno show at a kiosk in Beijing March 22, 2009. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

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A woman watches with a large Chinese crowd at local bar the inauguration of the 44th President of America, President Barack Obama, in Beijing January 21, 2009. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

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A Chinese man poses next to a cutout of U.S. Democrat Barack Obama during a U.S. Presidential Election Result Party sponsored by the U.S. embassy in Beijing November 05, 2008. Obama won a mock election by a massive landside the party. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

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