Stand-alone (for now) food-for-thought; where does conflict begin?

Artist-provocateur Badiucao might have penned some of the most daring cartoons deriding China’s authoritarian and censorial regime, but he considers himself a coward. This is an assessment of himself that he offers over the phone, in an interview given to HKFP ahead of his debut art exhibition on Saturday, an event he will not attend in person owing to fears of kidnapping and having his cover blown.
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/11/0...ying-hong-kong