Chinese Lop-Eared Cat (Sumxu)

Chinese Lop-Eared cat

I have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to write about this so-called cat breed discovered in China and first described by a Polish Jesuit missionary Michael Boym in his book Flora Sinensis (1656). The best source of information about this cat breed is Sarah Hartwell and I would happily refer …

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Art teacher sacked because her cat wandered into online presentation

Cat wanders into online class

NEWS AND COMMENT-CHINA: An art teacher, Luo, delivering an online presentation because of Covid, was sacked when her pet cat inadvertently entered the presentation and could be seen by students. In all the cat appeared five times but did not interfere with the lesson, the teacher said. She felt compelled to challenge the school …

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Tsai Ing-wen is a cat lover (ailurophile)

Tsai Ing-Wen and her two cats

It is nice to know that the first female president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, is a cat lover, a democracy campaigner and a gay-rights champion. Those three topics go together quite nicely, don’t they? I think you will find that the vast majority of cat lovers also support democracy and gay-rights and the rights …

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Mother cat makes a street garbage can a den for herself and her kittens

Mother cat makes a street garbage can a den for herself and her kittens

RELATED: China, Confucius and Cats This is a tragic and, in some ways, charming cat video from China. The mother cat decided to make a common street garbage can her den in which to give birth and raise her kittens. There are many ways to interpret this feline tragi-comedy. It is ironic, sad and …

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Chilling video of locked-down Shanghai residents screaming from their windows

Shanghai citizens screaming from their apartments in protest at the Covid lockdown

NEWS AND COMMENT – SHANGHAI, CHINA: This story is as much about pets as it is about people. In this chilling video we can hear the plaintiff screams and cries of Shanghai residents bellowing out their frustration to the world at the authority’s strict, zero-tolerance Covid lockdown. They are confined to their homes and …

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Shanghai residents fight back against state-sanctioned Covid-related animal cruelty

The killer of a pet corgi immediately after he killed the dog on street with a shovel

NEWS AND COMMENT-SHANGHAI, CHINA: A surge in Omicron Covid-19 infections in Shanghai has resulted in a zero-tolerance lockdown across the entire city. This is the policy that the authorities in China impose on their citizens when Covid infections increase. It is a very severe reaction particularly as the Omicron variant of Covid is treated …

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Chinese car manufacturer creates funky retro EVs called Punk Cat and Ballet Cat

Ora EVs

ORA is a Chinese marque of electric car and plug-in hybrid owned by Great Wall Motors. They are based in Baoding, China and started operating in 2018. In addition to the two vehicles named in the title they have other vehicles with names incorporating the word “cat”. For example: the ORA Black Cat, ORA …

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