For a New York Times ‘New World’ column about a phrase popping up in China in conversations and online, “Beauty of the boom years.” The phrase represents a collective longing for an era seen as “brimming with optimism, confidence and a sense of personal agency’” in contrast with the economic and societal challenges China faces today.
Keywords: Cartoon, Conceptual, Digital, Graphic, Editorial, People, Political
© Dongyan Xu
