A Chinese-Australian dissident cartoonist is appealing to the federal government for support after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to shut down his art exhibit in Poland.
The exhibit, scheduled to open on June 9 at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland, presents the works of Badiucao.
Its namesake, “Tell China’s Story Well,” is inspired by a party slogan from Chinese leader Xi Jinping that calls on the CCP to present China’s international image in a positive light.
Badiucao’s exhibit highlights issues such as the Tiananmen Square massacre, Xinjiang’s concentration camps, the human rights abuses of Hong Kong protestors, the CCP’s bullying in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, as well as Xi’s support for Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine….