A Rebel Without a Pause in 2020

From bitter international disputes about China’s handling of the coronavirus to Laos’ destructive damming of the Mekong River; from kleptocracy and deforestation in Cambodia to the autocratic siblings who rule North Korea; and from China's throttling of Hong Kong's promised freedoms to Uyghur internment camps in Xinjiang, RFA cartoonist Wang Liming, who works under the pen name of Rebel Pepper, bore sharp-eyed witness to 2020.

Aug 15, 2025 - 00:05
A Rebel Without a Pause in 2020
From bitter international disputes about China’s handling of the coronavirus to Laos’ destructive damming of the Mekong River; from kleptocracy and deforestation in Cambodia to the autocratic siblings who rule North Korea; and from China's throttling of Hong Kong's promised freedoms to Uyghur internment camps in Xinjiang, RFA cartoonist Wang Liming, who works under the pen name of Rebel Pepper, bore sharp-eyed witness to 2020.