With a popular online comic strip (连环画), overseas Chinese artist Cao Siyu (enjoyable) sets about deconstructing stereotypes (成见) and cultural misunderstandings between East and West.
After she encountered many misunderstandings and came face to face with stereotypical views about China, Cao (inspire) to create Tiny Eyes Comics, an internet-based cartoon strip. Although (post) in her own Instagram account, so appealing was the strip, which was among her 300 online comics, 41, 000 followers were attracted to her Instagram account.
Italian magazine Grazia says, "Her simple sketches have played essential part in making it easier to understand Chinese culture. " One of her comics shows the cultural (difference) behind the debate about usage of masks throughout the pandemic. we wear a mask or not is the question that has led to controversy and, some cases, even physical conflict. In the strip she explains that Chinese people wear masks to prevent infection, has proved to be the most effective way to shield off virus.
Many foreign readers say they find her illustrations enlightening, helping them to understand China, while Chinese immigrants have felt understood, according to Cao. This feedback and (connect) with her readers have been "the biggest motivation" for her to keep creating.
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