The “Black Cat Detective”, released 40 years ago, was a childhood fixture for many Chinese. The protagonist was a stern-faced, feline cop with a law-and-order demeanour befitting a cool communist cat.

The film, whose title translates as “Come Here, Cow,” follows a newborn calf named Niu Lai as he learns about friendship, trust, responsibility and sacrifice, usually with his mother at his side.

NEW YORK—A Chinese cartoon artist who the Chinese Communist Party has charged with “slandering the Party and Party members,” escaped to New York last year. Guo Jingxiong, for those outside of China ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People walk past a booth of NetEase Comics at the China International Cartoon and Game (CCG) Expo in Shanghai, China July 6, 2017.