Kuang Biao Posts Liu Xiaobo Cartoon

According to various wire reports and stories picked up on blogs I believe originating from a report filed at BBC, the cartoonist Kuang Biao apparently was one of the few Chinese media members to comment directly on the jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo's recent Nobel Peace Prize win. That report mentions that Biao posted a cartoon to his blog on Friday. What makes this even more interesting is that Biao was punished by his newspaper -- an independent newspaper, for what that's worth -- for posting a cartoon about the situation facing an imprisoned reporter. I can't imagine that posting something on Xiaobo, whose situation and prize win is enough of a concern for the Chinese government that there's been a massive crackdown on people communicating about the prize-winner, will go over well. Although admittedly, I have no real read on these things. At any rate, my thoughts are with what seems to me a very brave cartoonist.
 
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