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The cat theory was revived after Deng Xiaoping became the paramount leader of China in December 1978, when he and his allies launched the "Reform and Opening" of China.[8] [12] [14] After the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, the reform and opening program went into stagnation, and there were fears and concerns within the Chinese Communist Party that further reforms may turn China into a ...
Squirrel (松鼠, songshu; sumxu in 17th-century Jesuits' transcription) chasing a green-haired turtle (绿毛龟, Lü mao gui), in Michael Boym's Flora Sinensis The sumxu, Chinese lop-eared cat, drop-eared cat, droop-eared cat, or hanging-ear cat, all names referring to its characteristic feature of pendulous ears, was a possibly mythical, long-haired, lop-eared type of cat or cat-like ...
In Chinese lore there is a cat monster called the xiānlí (仙狸)" (Japanese pronunciation senri, where "Chinese: 狸" means "leopard cat"). In this telling, leopard cats that grow old gain a divine spiritual power ( xian arts) , shapeshift into a beautiful man or woman, and suck the spirit out of humans. [ 14 ]
The Dragon Li is a recently established Chinese breed of domestic cat (also called Chinese Li Hua or China Li Hua as a standardized breed, depending on breed registry).It was developed from a common landrace of cats in China, known as 貍花貓, Pinyin: líhuā māo, literally 'leopard cat patterned cat' (sometimes shortened to 花貓 huā māo or 貍貓 lí māo); the native cats are featured ...
Fengli (simplified Chinese: 风狸; traditional Chinese: 風狸/風貍; pinyin: fēng lí, [a] literally 'wind leopard cat') is a legendary or mythified flying mammal of China, whose descriptions from various sources were collated in the Taiping Yulan encyclopedia (10th century ) and the Bencao gangmu (16th century) compendium of materia medica.
Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina. The genus includes the domestic cat . The smallest of the seven Felis species is the black-footed cat with a head and body length from 38 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in).
"No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat." (Source: From a speech in a meeting of the Secretariat, actually a Sichuan proverb) 实事求是。 Shí shì qiú shì Seek truth from facts (Actually coined by Mao Zedong, but never really effectively used until Deng's time. This is a slogan ...
The Cat's Elopement: Andrew Lang (translator) Original German by David Brauns. A lovely cat who is the beloved of Gon. Lady May "The Game of Rat and Dragon" Cordwainer Smith: A telepathic cat who works happily alongside humans to fight outer space monsters known as Dragons, she perceives them as rats and is a successful slayer of these invaders.