Chinese Regime ‘Punishes’ 27 People for ‘Ugly’ Textbook Cartoons

[el midgetron]

The punishments were the result of the MOE’s three-month investigation into complaints about illustrations featured in elementary school math textbooks distributed by China’s government.

The MOE deemed the cartoon-like illustrations “problematic” and “not aesthetically pleasing” for the following reasons, according to Xinhua, China’s official state press agency:

The overall style of painting does not conform to public aesthetic habits, and some of the illustrated characters are ugly and have poor mental outlook, which does not properly reflect the sunny image of Chinese children. Second, it is not serious and normative, and there are even errors in individual illustrations [sic].

[S]ome illustrations are not of high professional standards, and some illustrations have scientific and normative problems. […] it is not meticulous and accurate, and some illustrations are easily misunderstood. Some illustrations are rough drawn, some lines are drawn and elements are selected improperly, and the proportions of the pictures are not harmonious [sic].

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2022/08/23/chinese-regime-punishes-27-people-ugly-textbook-cartoons/

 

 

 

 

[+and-then]

This kind of mean-spirited expression of power is a characteristic of ANYONE in ANY system where there is no real oversight or redress under the legal system.  Any Americans who think spiteful idiocy like this couldn't become common here, is being willfully blind.  People with their eyes open today in America should be preparing a plan to protect themselves without ever going to the government for "help".  

[Silver]

I think the illustrations were a protest of some sort. They are funny, but I imagine we'd have people protesting in the Daily Mail if they appeared in a text book in the UK.

[Eldorado]

Censors have altered the ending of the recent animated film, "Minions: The Rise of Gru", for its domestic release in China, social media users across the country noticed over the weekend.

The editing is yet another example of Chinese authorities editing a popular Hollywood film to make it more politically correct, leading some viewers to lament the changes.

According to posts and screenshots from the movie shared on Weibo, a platform similar to Twitter, censors tacked on an addendum in which Wild Knuckles, a main character in the heist film, was caught by police and served 20 years in jail.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-censors-change-ending-of-latest-minions-movie

[the13bats]

3 hours ago, and-then said:

This kind of mean-spirited expression of power is a characteristic of ANYONE in ANY system where there is no real oversight or redress under the legal system.  Any Americans who think spiteful idiocy like this couldn't become common here, is being willfully blind.  People with their eyes open today in America should be preparing a plan to protect themselves without ever going to the government for "help".  

Aw geez just imagine if it was that way here every political cartoonist would be in the hoosegow for drawing ugly people.

[itsnotoutthere]

Wow, so wokeness has finally reached China.

[itsnotoutthere]

On 8/24/2022 at 11:06 AM, the13bats said:

Aw geez just imagine if it was that way here every political cartoonist would be in the hoosegow for drawing ugly people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo

[spartan max2]

On 8/24/2022 at 5:27 AM, Eldorado said:

Censors have altered the ending of the recent animated film, "Minions: The Rise of Gru", for its domestic release in China, social media users across the country noticed over the weekend.

The editing is yet another example of Chinese authorities editing a popular Hollywood film to make it more politically correct, leading some viewers to lament the changes.

According to posts and screenshots from the movie shared on Weibo, a platform similar to Twitter, censors tacked on an addendum in which Wild Knuckles, a main character in the heist film, was caught by police and served 20 years in jail.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-censors-change-ending-of-latest-minions-movie

What a joke.