Year Hare Affair

Year Hare Affair () is a Chinese webcomic and media franchise by Lin Chao (), initially under the pen name "逆光飞行" (Pinyin: Nìguāng Fēixíng, "flight against the light"). The comic uses anthropomorphic animals as an allegory for nations and sovereign states to represent 20th century political, military and diplomatic events. An animated adaptation of the series started airing on the Internet in March 2015 and a free-to-play strategy video game based on it was released on iOS and Android in July 2015. Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Communist Revolution Korean War Sino-Soviet Split United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 Sino-Vietnamese War Scarborough Shoal standoff The Commission of Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade Hainan Island incident Cold War Vietnam War Battle of the Paracel Islands Uganda–Tanzania War 30 September Movement Sino-Soviet border conflict 1972 Nixon visit to China Soviet–Afghan War Cultural Revolution Iran–Iraq War Dissolution of the Soviet Union Gulf War Chinese economic reform Third Taiwan Strait Crisis The Signing of Joint Communiqué of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China Yinhe incident Kosovo War September 11 attacks War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Chen Shui-bian corruption charges Senkaku Islands dispute Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Hundred Regiments Offensive A free-to-play strategy role-playing video game based on the webcomic, was released on iOS and Android on 15 July 2015. The player controls one of three factions: Hare, Bald Eagle and Bear. The comic expresses the modern history of China and its international relations in a fun way. It has sparked patriotism in China's younger generations. Hare () is now used as Internet slang referring to China. The historical vision, provided in first two seasons of Year Hare Affair, came under heavy criticism in an overview on the Russian website South China Insight, especially Sino-Soviet relations.