Cartoon: The Spirit of June 4th, by Hexie Farm (蟹农场)

For his latest entry to his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm honors those who were killed by military fire in the crackdown on protesters in Beijing in the early morning hours of June 4, 1989 by depicting their spirits flying over Tiananmen Square, still alive and crying for freedom.

The Spirit of June 4th, by Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm for CDT:

Read more about Hexie Farm’s CDT series, including a Q&A with the anonymous cartoonist, and see all cartoons so far in the series

[CDT owns the copyright for all cartoons in the  CDT series. Please do not reproduce without receiving prior permission from CDT.]

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