Hong Kong’s Political Cartoonists Take on The Umbrella Revolution

Massive protests demanding full universal suffrage for Hong Kong are in their second week. Here are the editorial cartoons appearing on the streets, provided by the Comic Daemons collective and translated into English.

Zunzi

Chief Executive C.Y. Leung has been mocked as a turtle for refusing to show his head in public.

AhHo

Little Thunder

Chan SH

Sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. “Pocket it first and hope for a better deal later” has been said about accepting China’s limited political reforms, hoping for further changes down the road.