Thursday, February 3, 2011

When rabbits gnawing the Chinese tiger

Beijing Match - This is the year of the Rabbit, the Tigers had better behave. Young creative animation videos, Wang Bo is the author of a series of short films titled Journal of rabbit Kuangkuang. His production company, Hutoon, the free broadcasts on the Internet. They tell the tale of a schoolboy in China in the 1980s and are popular among young people.

The tone is slightly ironic. To celebrate the new year, which begins on February 3, Bo Wang has decided to offer fans of Kuangkuang a "special issue" of his own. "We would spend the year of Tiger on the Rabbit and I was thinking that shocked me so much this year. I told my team," he says.

The result is a scathing satire of today's China. A cruel tale where the lives of rabbits, in a world of tigers, turns into a nightmare as some scrolls news items of 2010 - and earlier. Trucks commercials tout the benefits of milk powder for children, toddlers head explodes. Rabid tigers, driving their bulldozers, destroying the beautiful homes of grieving parents.

A rabbit is hit by tigers in uniform and taken forcibly. Another himself on fire. References to the tainted milk scandal and forced demolitions, which the press and the Internet in China have reported extensively in 2010. Schoolchildren rabbits then attend a big speech to leaders tigers.

"Serve the rabbit!", "Building a harmonious forest!" proclaim the banners reminiscent of Mao's slogan "Serve the People" and "harmonious society" Hu Jintao. But a fire starts. Must "dispose of leaders," too bad for the bunnies roasted alive! As in 1994 in Karamay when a fire at a ballroom where 288 children died - an event taboo revisited in 2010 in the documentary's director Xu Xin.

The misfortunes of rabbits, ordinary Chinese, under the yoke of tigers, the state party and its accomplices continue until the day when the first revolt and devour the Château full tooth tigers. "The Year of the Rabbit has arrived. Even rabbits bite when you push them too!" concludes the cartoon.

Censorship did not like: the short film has been removed from Chinese video sites online. Wang Bo was not worried for now. Tigers censorship have new reasons for concern: some major Chinese portals block searches from the word "Egypt". What happens Tahrir Square evoke the events of Tiananmen.

While the Chinese tigers distribute more carrots than their Egyptian or Tunisian, some China experts argue speaking Chinese economic success. But in this year of the Rabbit, they may also have to worry about the ... Brice Pedroletti Article published in the edition of 03.02.11

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