This week’s visit to the United States by Chinese President Hu Jintao stirred memories of this blog’s coverage of the “Red Dragon” during the past four years. Below, I share four of my favorite China-related editorial cartoons prepared by my liberal cartoonist friend David Donar at Political Graffiti. Enjoy! 1) The cartoon above appeared Dec. [...]
Chinese Leader’s Visit Stirs Memories
January 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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Olympic Torch Post Highlighted in New York Times
May 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
A recent BMW post, featuring a cartoon by David Donar of Political Graffiti, was featured today in The New York Times. A link to Flame in Hand, Chinese Conquer Everest, a post I published Friday, appeared as the last headline listed under the section, Olympic Torch Headlines Around the World. Click on the graphic at [...]
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Flame in Hand, Chinese Conquer Everest
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In a report yesterday about Chinese efforts to ascend Mt. Everest with the Olympic torch in hand, it took Associated Press a long time to get past the fluff and address the controversy surrounding the propaganda-filled run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games. Beginning with the article’s 12th paragraph, AP wrote this: Tibetan activists continued to [...]
Tags: · 2008, beijing, Beijing Games, China, Chinese Government, everest, mount everest, mt everest, olympic torch, Olympics, political graffiti, students for a free tibet, tibet, tibetans
What is Sniper’s Role at Mount Everest?
April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Wired reports that climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next week. More incredibly, the magazine reports, one blogger “saw lots of military staff and one solider carrying a very sophisticated sniper type of gun.” [...]
Tags: · 2008, 2008 Summer Olympics, beijing, China, chinese biathlon, chinese security, himalyas, mount everest, mounteverest.net, mt everest, nepal, olympic torch, Olympics, sherpa, sniper, wired, Wired.com
