“ሪቨር ኢሌጂ” የተባለው የቻይና ዘጋቢ ፊልም ለምሳሌ ቢጫው ወንዝ የቻይናዎችን የረጋ እና ዝግ ሥልጣኔ፣ ሰማያዊው ወንዝ ደግሞ የምዕራባውያንን “ዴሞክራሲያዊ እና ክፍት” ሥልጣኔ ወክሏል በማለት ደራሲዎቹ ጽፈዋል፡፡
In the Chinese documentary “River Elegy”, for example, the Yellow River is used to represent China's stagnant, closed-door civilization, while the blue ocean represents the "democratic and open" Western society, the authors wrote.