Notice that China is the only group represented by an animal. My theory is that the cartoonist spent hours trying to draw Xi but every time their editor refused to publish their extremely racist caricature.
Notice that China is the only group represented by an animal. My theory is that the cartoonist spent hours trying to draw Xi but every time their editor refused to publish their extremely racist caricature.
They’re trying to counteract previous mistakes of drawing China as a panda bear, which… the Soviet Bear thing worked because you can draw a grizzly bear that looks scary (although I find most Soviet Bear junk to look hug shaped anyway), the panda allowed for good Sino-Soviet jokes, but they eventually figured out that it’s very difficult to draw a panda bear that doesn’t look hug shaped and adorable, so they started drawing China as a dragon instead… which only serves to make China look badass. Though I do miss the cuddly panda bears.