The historical background of Mao Zedong's appearance on the cover of Time magazine at this time is that with the rapid development of China, Americans are becoming more and more sensitive to the question of whether China and the United States are friends or enemies. On June 2 1 2005, the portrait of Mao Zedong's pop art appeared on the cover of Time magazine. On the cover, Mao Zedong painted a Chinese tunic suit, but the hidden picture on the clothes is the brand logo of Louis Vuitton. With the rapid development of China, Americans are becoming more and more sensitive to the question of whether China and the United States are friends or enemies, and there are also different opinions within the US government. The exchange rate of RMB, cheap labor who stole jobs from the United States, intellectual property rights, military issues and so on have become the key factors for some people to feel uneasy about China.