{"id":159645,"date":"2013-07-15T10:52:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=159645"},"modified":"2013-09-04T18:26:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T01:26:33","slug":"drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing the News: &#8220;Strange Creatures of Cathay&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Weibo user \u201cSatanlucky\u201d (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/weibo.com\/satanlucky\">@\u6492\u65e6\u541b_Satan<\/a><\/strong>) has created a menagerie of monsters in modern China, the \u201cStrange Creatures of Cathay\u201d (\u534e\u590f\u5f02\u4e8b\u5f55). Rendered in the style of Japanese \u201cfloating world\u201d (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukiyo-e\">ukiyo-e<\/a><\/em>) paintings, these creatures haunt coal mines, poison restaurant utensils, and steal postcards for lunch. Every demon portrays a social ill that menaces Chinese citizens\u2019 everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Click any image to launch the slideshow view.<\/p>\n<p>Want more cartoons? Check out CDT Chinese\u2019s Sunday series Empire Illustrated (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/tag\/%E5%9B%BE%E8%AF%B4%E5%A4%A9%E6%9C%9D\/\">\u56fe\u8bf4\u5929\u671d<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-159645 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/21-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/21-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159654'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Net-fleshed Beggar: Lurks at the entrance to every city. If you accidentally step on his beard, he will block your path and make you to pay a heavy fine. To evade this beast,  will need to scale the wall or dig a hole underneath it. Neither route is easy.&#8221;\n\nTo circumvent the Great Firewall, Chinese netizens \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Scale_the_wall\">scale the wall<\/a>\u201d with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_private_network\"><b>VPN<\/a><\/b>s and other proxy services.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/20-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159653'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Prison cat: Often found in prisons and detention centers, extremely aggressive. If you encounter it in a prison, do not play <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Hide-and-go_seek_%28death%29 \">hide-and-seek<\/a> with it. From what I\u2019ve heard, fooling around with this cat will leave you dead or badly wounded. Be extremely careful&#8230;&#8221;\n\nFarmer <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/02\/eluding-the-cat-yunnan-government-asks-netizens-to-help-investigate-detainee-death\/\">Li Qiaoming<\/a> died in a Yunnan Province prison in 2009 days after being detained for illegal logging. The Yunnan police attributed his fatal head injuries to a calamitous game of \u201chide-and-seek.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/19-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/19-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/19-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159652'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Artillery fire: This demon has been around since ancient times. It usually appears at New Years or other festivals. Hiding inside firecrackers, it takes pleasure in setting things on fire and hurting innocent people.&#8221;\n\nFires and accidents caused by fireworks are not uncommon during Chinese New Year. This February, <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/02\/fireworks-truck-explosion-kills-drivers-in-henan\/ \">a truck carrying fireworks exploded on a highway bridge in Henan Province<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1141497\/9-dead-exploding-fireworks-truck-destroys-bridge-henan \"><b>killing nine<\/a><\/b>.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/18-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/18-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/18-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159651'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Chopstick Fly-monkeys: This monster frequents certain restaurants. Sometimes, they appear the instant you pry open your disposable chopsticks. With its entire body covered in venom, it enjoys spitting and urinating on disposable utensils, vanishing seconds later. Many people think it\u2019s just their imagination and continue to eat, only to end up with diarrhea.&#8221;\n\nIn May, a netizen in Chengdu posted images of <a href=\"http:\/\/sc.people.com.cn\/n\/2013\/0506\/c345167-18595138.html \"><b>unsanitary conditions at a disposable utensil manufacturer<\/b><\/a> [zh]. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/fortune\/2013-06\/19\/c_116202222.htm \"><b>Xinhua reports that  some restaurants offer \u201cdisinfected\u201d utensils for a fee that have not actually been sanitized<\/a><\/b> [zh].\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/17-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159650'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Cave Stone: People say that if you happen to pass by an abandoned coal mine at night and take a close look inside, you will see a black human-like stone holding a candle. Do not run away. These stones are the souls of miners who died there. As long as you sit down and listen to its story, it will eventually disappear. I\u2019ve heard that this will allow its soul to reincarnate.&#8221;\n\nChinese <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/coal-mining\/\">coal mines<\/a>, many of them illegal and unregulated, are notoriously dangerous, although conditions have improved. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/commentaries\/energy_watch\/coal-02252013105928.html \"><b>1,384 miners died in 2012<\/a><\/b>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clb.org.hk\/en\/content\/report-claims-coal-mine-deaths-china-fell-one-third-2012 \"><b>down from 1,973 in 2011<\/b><\/a>. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/16-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/16-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159649'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Letter-eater: Solitary creature seen near post offices. He likes to frolic around the offices and look at other people\u2019s letters and postcards. Because no one ever writes to the letter-eater, he becomes jealous and gobbles up postcards. Post office employees are used to seeing letter-eaters.&#8221;\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.sina.com.cn\/s\/2013-02-28\/150026386930.shtml\"><b>In February, a 29-year-old man in Beijing was sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing mail and selling the paper<\/a><\/b> [zh].\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/15-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/15-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159648'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Phosphor Flies: Shaped like a ladybug, the six-legged phosphor fly hides in sanitary napkins and secretes a white, odorless, fluorescent fluid that turns the fabric as white as paper. This fluid is poisonous. Long-term contact can lead to gynecological problems.&#8221;\n\nAn online <a href=\"http:\/\/weiba.weibo.com\/10015\/t\/yy9Tsljjp\"><b>rumor that sanitary pads contain phosphors<\/b><\/a> [zh] (luminescent substances) spread online last year.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/14-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/14-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159647'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Zero-squito: A demon that has become more rampant in recent years. This mosquito loves hundred-<i>yuan<\/i> bills. It is often active in banks. It uses its rear end to erase zeroes, turning hundred-<i>yuan<\/i> bills into ten-<i>yuan<\/i> bills and ten-<i>yuan<\/i> bills into one-<i>yuan<\/i> bills. Everyone hates it, but because this demon breeds so quickly, it catches people off guard. You will often encounter the zero-squito when withdrawing money from the ATM. The whole country suffers from this plague.&#8221; \n\n<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-23238024\"> China\u2019s overall inflation rate is 2.7% as of June; food prices rose even faster, at 4.9%.<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/04\/inflation-and-inequality\/#inflation\">As the country\u2019s economy slows, inflation accelerates.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/drawing-the-news-strange-creatures-of-cathay\/13-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-159646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-159646'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Haze Monster: Takes on a gaseous form and appears in northern cities during the winter. Although it is a gas, it carries noxious dust particles into people\u2019s lungs. This monster is afraid of wind. On windless days, it gathers above every major city and many other industrial regions around the country.&#8221;  \n\nA study published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences found that air pollution from <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/coal-use-may-cost-northern-chinese-billions-of-years\/ \">coal lowers the life expectancy in northern China by three years<\/a>. Buildings north of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huai_River \"><b>Huai River<\/a><\/b> burn coal for heat in the winter.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2013\/05\/%E3%80%90%E5%9B%BE%E8%AF%B4%E5%A4%A9%E6%9C%9D%E3%80%91%E4%B8%80%E5%91%A8%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB%E9%80%89%E6%91%98-2013-5-26\/\">CDT Chinese<\/a>. Translation by <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/cindyliuwenxin\/\">Cindy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weibo user \u201cSatanlucky\u201d (@\u6492\u65e6\u541b_Satan) has created a menagerie of monsters in modern China, the \u201cStrange Creatures of Cathay\u201d (\u534e\u590f\u5f02\u4e8b\u5f55). Rendered in the style of Japanese \u201cfloating world\u201d (ukiyo-e) paintings, these creatures haunt coal mines, poison restaurant utensils, and steal postcards for lunch. Every demon portrays a social ill that menaces Chinese citizens\u2019 everyday lives. 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