{"id":1978139,"date":"2025-06-27T14:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1978139"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:55:17","slug":"you-must-take-part-in-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/other-news\/2025-06-27\/you-must-take-part-in-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Must Take Part in Revolution\u2019: A dystopian comic that feels alarmingly real"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Javier Castro Bugar\u00edn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taipei, June 27 (EFE).\u2014 Surveillance states, nuclear standoffs, and shrinking freedoms&#8230;what was meant as fiction in \u201cYou Must Take Part in Revolution\u201d now reads like a chilling reflection of today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The graphic novel, created by exiled Chinese artist Badiucao and American journalist Melissa Chan, explores a future where China and the US are at war, Taiwan is divided, and repression reigns in Hong Kong\u2014a vision disturbingly close to the headlines of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Badiucao, who lives in exile in Australia, and Chan, an American journalist of Hong Kong and Taiwanese descent, tell the story of three activists who hold different visions of how to defend their rights in an increasingly oppressive and unsettling world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur comic is timely in a way I didn\u2019t expect it to be. We have nuclear threats, American authoritarianism, Chinese authoritarianism, and global conflicts. And we also have many people around the world questioning how they can matter,\u201d the co-author told EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/rss-efe5ce1aff8a53da8b35804b3cc76c4084a937851b1w.webp?fit=1920%2C1428&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Journalist Melissa Chan and artist Badiucao speak with EFE about their graphic novel &quot;You Must Take Part in the Revolution,&quot; a story set in 2035 that explores activism in a world marked by war and technological authoritarianism. EFE-Melissa Chan\/ EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/AVAILABLE ONLY TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING NEWS ARTICLE (MANDATORY CREDIT)\n\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;width:800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The comic opens with the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and projects a grim future in 2035: China and the United States are at war, Taiwan is divided, and the former British colony has become an extremely repressive place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both authors acknowledge having poured part of their personal stories into the protagonists. Melissa Chan was expelled from China in 2012 for practicing journalism critical of the authorities, while Badiucao fled to Melbourne in 2009 to create art free from Beijing\u2019s censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI grew up in China and know how deeply that propaganda can shape how people see the world, manipulating them and forcing them to be loyal to a regime that is the greatest destroyer of their own rights,\u201d Badiucao told EFE. For this work, he drew inspiration from traditional Chinese painting.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-1024x732.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978643\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-1024x732.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-300x214.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-1536x1098.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-400x286.webp 400w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239-1200x858.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-239.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s very important to reclaim those symbols of Chinese culture and rescue them from the propaganda of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), because they boast of being the sole representatives of Chinese culture,\u201d the artist asserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appeal to younger generations Published in March, \u201cYou Must Take Part in Revolution\u201d is a work of fiction that aims to entertain, especially younger generations who, according to Chan, feel increasingly disconnected from democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978639\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-238.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cYoung people have become very cynical, partly because they are online all the time, and the digital scene is a very cynical place,\u201d said the journalist, who hopes the comic will reach an audience \u201calmost alien to the ideas of human rights,\u201d particularly in the American context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of our history, many people associate resistance with the civil rights movement or the anti-war protests of the \u201960s. I think this book is an interesting way to bring people closer to what is happening in other parts of the world,\u201d said the author of a comic she hopes \u201cwill make readers think.\u201d EFE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jacb-sk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Javier Castro Bugar\u00edn Taipei, June 27 (EFE).\u2014 Surveillance states, nuclear standoffs, and shrinking freedoms&#8230;what was meant as fiction in \u201cYou Must Take Part in Revolution\u201d now reads like a chilling reflection of today\u2019s world. 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