The Yangcheng Evening News on August 30, 2014, published an illustrated cartoon of a toad with its eyes rolled back and receiving multiple IVs. The cartoon dominates the page, filling the middle three columns and extending from the top of the page to below the fold, or over half the length of the page. China’s netizens promptly believed that the illustration referred to former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. One netizen said “this is a direct challenge to the old Jiang.” For years, Jiang Zemin has been referred to as a “toad” by Chinese netizens.