{"id":144033,"date":"2012-09-30T22:14:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T05:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=144033"},"modified":"2012-10-01T22:10:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T05:10:25","slug":"hexie-farm-%e8%9f%b9%e5%86%9c%e5%9c%ba-walking-the-plank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/09\/hexie-farm-%e8%9f%b9%e5%86%9c%e5%9c%ba-walking-the-plank\/","title":{"rendered":"Hexie Farm (\u87f9\u519c\u573a): Walking the Plank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the latest installment in his CDT series, cartoonist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hexiefarm.wordpress.com\/\">Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm<\/a>\u00a0depicts <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/09\/bo-xilai-expelled-from-party-will-face-criminal-charges\/\">disgraced former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai<\/a> walking the plank at the behest of his former Politburo colleagues, shown here\u00a0as pirates. One leader, an ally of Bo&#8217;s, murmurs goodbye to him in a subtle and dissenting show of support. Bo&#8217;s mouth is sealed, indicating the coming trial for various crimes. The incoming President, Xi Jinping, who <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/09\/xis-back\/\">disappeared from public view for two weeks<\/a> after suffering alleged back pain, is shown with knives in his back, a sign of a heated political struggle. The ship used to end Bo&#8217;s political career is called Harmony, which has appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/07\/hexie-farm-\u87f9\u519c\u573a-staying-afloat\/\">previous Hexie Farm cartoons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Walking the Plank<\/strong>, by Crazy Crab for CDT:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-144038\" title=\"hxf093012\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/hxf093012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" \/><br \/>\nRead more about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/02\/introducing-the-hexie-farm-%E8%9F%B9%E5%86%9C%E5%9C%BA-cdt-series\/\">Hexie Farm\u2019s CDT series<\/a>, including a Q&amp;A with the anonymous cartoonist, and see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/hexie-farm\">all cartoons so far in the series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>[CDT owns the copyright for all cartoons in the\u00a0<a title=\"Posts tagged with hexie farm\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/hexie-farm\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hexie Farm<\/a>\u00a0CDT series. Please do not reproduce without receiving prior permission from CDT.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the latest installment in his CDT series, cartoonist\u00a0Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm\u00a0depicts disgraced former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai walking the plank at the behest of his former Politburo colleagues, shown here\u00a0as pirates. One leader, an ally of Bo&#8217;s, murmurs goodbye to him in a subtle and dissenting show of support. 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