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  • 3 - Embodied Vehicles

  • Chunmei Du, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
  • Book:
    Everyday Occupation
    Published online:
    27 November 2025
    Print publication:
    11 December 2025, pp 94-123
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    Chapter 3 investigates the frequent accidents caused by American military vehicles, the most common trigger of everyday tensions, as well as GIs’ turbulent relationships with rickshaw pullers. Following frequent accidents caused by drunk driving, speeding, and negligence, the Jeep turned from an object of enchantment, being a symbol of Allied prestige and a cultural spectacle and popular commodity, into a military tool of intimidation, danger, and harassment, threatening the existing order of the Chinese society and nation. As the two sides fought over speed limits, economic compensation, moral responsibilities, and legal justice, the Jeep–GI duality, embroiled in local street politics with rickshaw pullers, became the ultimate symbol of prolonged American occupation trampling Chinese sovereignty.