A roundup of online political cartoons from the past week. Click any image to launch the slideshow view.
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- Xi Jinping waits in line at the Qingfeng Steamed Bun Shop in December of 2013. (Image via @四海微传播/Weibo)
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Tutou Jueren (“Stubborn Baldy”) commemorates Xi’s lunch at Qingfeng. (Cartoon by Tutou Jueren)
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Soy milk, rolls, and even a long cruller (youtiao) bow down before the mighty baozi. (Cartoon by Rebel Pepper)
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The emperor’s new clothes: a stunning baozi top that doubles as a mask. (Cartoon by Badiucao for CDT)
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A photo of Xi Jinping and Obama walking side-by-side at Sunnylands in June evoked a comparison to Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger. Censors soon deleted images of the leaders and their Disney counterparts, but the meme endures. (Cartoon by Xiefang Zhuren)
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In more serious news, the National People’s Congress has voted to end re-education through labor (laojiao). Current prisoners, who have often been detained and sent to labor camps without trial, will be freed immediately, but “penalties imposed before the system was abolished will remain ‘valid,’” the Sydney Morning Herald reports. In this cartoon, the chain on the shackle of laojiao is broken, but “subversion of the central government” (颠覆中央), “opposition to the Party” (反党), and other “crimes” remain their grip. (Zunzi/Apple Daily)
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Santa loses his way in China’s smog. A Christmas joke in a similar vein has been making the rounds on Weibo:
Santa Claus Denies Rumor: There’s a rumor that I fell in the smog while delivering presents in China, that no one has dared to help me up, and that I remain prone in the snow while all my gifts have been looted. I am outraged by these claims. In truth, as a supernatural being, I do not dare go to China. The people there can joyfully celebrate Christmas Eve in even the thickest smog. They’re the ones who live supernaturally. I hereby declare this!
圣诞老人辟谣声明：有传闻说，我在到中国进货途中因雾霾天气摔倒，至今无人敢扶，仍在雪地里趴着，礼物被哄抢一空。对此谣言我表示强烈愤慨。实情是，作为神仙的我根本就没敢去中国，那个国度的人居然能够在雾霾爆表天欢度平安夜，他们才是神一般的存在。特此声明！
(Cartoon by Mucun)
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