{"id":166895,"date":"2013-12-23T19:07:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T03:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=166895"},"modified":"2013-12-23T19:07:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T03:07:17","slug":"drawing-news-birthday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/drawing-news-birthday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing the News: Birthday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A roundup of online political cartoons from the past week. Click any image to launch slideshow.<\/em>\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: 100%;\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-166895 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/drawing-news-birthday-season\/01-jiuan\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/01-Jiuan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-166896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/01-Jiuan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/01-Jiuan-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-166896'>\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Mao\u2019s 120th birthday is this Thursday. While celebrations began months ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/china-erects-golden-mao-statue-birthday-bash\/\">the central government is trying to play down the festivities<\/a> in order subdue hard-liners. Xi Jinping must strike a balance between praise and criticism for the Great Helmsman, at least publicly. Cartoonist Jiu\u2019an thinks Xi\u2019s sympathy for the leader is greater than he may let on. (Jiu\u2019an)<\/p>\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\/12\/drawing-news-birthday-season\/02-kuang-biao\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/02-Kuang-Biao-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-166897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/02-Kuang-Biao-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/02-Kuang-Biao-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-166897'>\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Plucked, headless chickens hold up one feather each, ready to write down whatever they\u2019re told. One large feather (y\u01d4m\u00e1o \u7fbd\u6bdb) honors Mao (\u6bdb) himself. From the sidelines, a <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Fifty_Cent_Party\">Fifty Cent<\/a> canine eggs on his poultry comrades. (Kuang Biao)<\/p>\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\/12\/drawing-news-birthday-season\/03-badiucao\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/03-Badiucao-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-166898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/03-Badiucao-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/03-Badiucao-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-166898'>\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">A very different political figure\u2019s 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)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/drawing-news-birthday-season\/04-zhu-senlin\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/04-Zhu-Senlin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-166899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/04-Zhu-Senlin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/04-Zhu-Senlin-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-166899'>\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAre you <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/happiness\/\">happy<\/a>?\u201d CCTV asked this of people on the street in fall 2012, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tealeafnation.com\/2012\/10\/when-chinese-state-tv-asks-are-you-happy-some-literally-cannot-believe-it\/\">hilarious results<\/a>. \u201cAre you happy\u201d still lingers on the Chinese Internet as a rhetorical question. (Zhu Senlin)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/drawing-news-birthday-season\/05-biantai-lajiao\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/05-Biantai-Lajiao-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-166900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/05-Biantai-Lajiao-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/05-Biantai-Lajiao-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-166900'>\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Boy, that man doesn\u2019t look very happy. Any mention of \u201cmiracles\u201d conjures an <a  href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/This_is_a_miracle\">infamous press conference<\/a> after the 2011 Wenzhou train crash, a tragedy that continues to reverberate. (Rebel Pepper)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Check out more cartoons from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2013\/12\/%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%98-12-23\/\">CDT Chinese<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A roundup of online political cartoons from the past week. Click any image to launch slideshow. 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