{"id":22244,"date":"2008-07-28T20:43:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T03:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=22244"},"modified":"2008-08-05T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T21:26:46","slug":"cartoon-bus-explosion-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/cartoon-bus-explosion-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Bus Explosion Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although Chinese media are playing down reports of <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/three-killed-in-bus-explosions-in-china\/\">bus blasts in southwestern Kunming<\/a>, and authorities dismissed <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/three-killed-in-bus-explosions-in-china\/\">a Uighur separatist group&#8217;s claims of responsibility<\/a> for these incidents, many Chinese urban residents start to feel the terror effect while the Beijing Olympics approaches.  The following cartoon captured such anxiety. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.izaobao.com\/1106.html\">From izaobao.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/buscartoon.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[pics-1217301980]\" title=\"buscartoon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/buscartoon.jpg\" alt=\"buscartoon\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"attachment wp-att-22243 centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Why don&#8217;t we get on this bus?<br \/>\n&#8211; Something is wrong. Let&#8217;s wait for the next one. <\/p>\n<p>[The ads on the bus reads: &#8220;Summer Passion Explodes -JJ Bar&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Chinese media are playing down reports of bus blasts in southwestern Kunming, and authorities dismissed a Uighur separatist group&#8217;s claims of responsibility for these incidents, many Chinese urban residents start to feel the terror effect while the Beijing Olympics approaches. The following cartoon captured such anxiety. 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