For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab honors the 92nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China by commenting on the status of freedom of thought and expression in the country. A human head is surrounded by barbed wire, with the barbs shaped like the CCP’s hammer and sickle. The only idea permitted entrance is the “Chinese Dream,” President Xi Jinping’s catch phrase.

Barbed Wire, 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.

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