A roundup of online political cartoons from the past week. Click any image to launch slideshow.
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Mao’s 120th birthday is this Thursday. While celebrations began months ago, the central government is trying to play down the festivities in order subdue hard-liners. Xi Jinping must strike a balance between praise and criticism for the Great Helmsman, at least publicly. Cartoonist Jiu’an thinks Xi’s sympathy for the leader is greater than he may let on. (Jiu’an)
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Plucked, headless chickens hold up one feather each, ready to write down whatever they’re told. One large feather (yǔmáo 羽毛) honors Mao (毛) himself. From the sidelines, a Fifty Cent canine eggs on his poultry comrades. (Kuang Biao)
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A very different political figure’s birthday has also just passed. Born on December 16, 1932, Lin Zhao joined the Chinese Communist Party as a teenager, then became a political dissident while studying at Peking University. She was imprisoned for criticizing the Party and executed on April 29, 1968. (Badiucao for CDT)
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“Are you happy?” CCTV asked this of people on the street in fall 2012, with hilarious results. “Are you happy” still lingers on the Chinese Internet as a rhetorical question. (Zhu Senlin)
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Boy, that man doesn’t look very happy. Any mention of “miracles” conjures an infamous press conference after the 2011 Wenzhou train crash, a tragedy that continues to reverberate. (Rebel Pepper)
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