Birds Eye China comic uses Baidu Maps to satirise China

By James Griffiths, May 27, 2014

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If you weren't already aware, Baidu Maps has one of the best '3D views' ever, an isotronic, Sim City-like pixelated representation of major Chinese population centres. 

Derek Man Lui took these works of art and remixed them for 'Birds Eye China', a satirical take on the country which touches on hot button issues such as pollution, worker rights, and food safety. 

Read an interview with Lui at Quartz, and check out some of his comics below. Of course, Lui's satire is nowhere near as good as the self-satire created by the CCP: Xi Jinping as anti-joke chicken

[Images via Birds Eye China]

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