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, lit.  "flight against the light"). The comic uses anthropomorphic animals as an allegory for nations and sovereign states to represent 20th and 21st century political, military, and diplomatic events.

An animated adaptation of the series started airing in Douban in March 2015 and a free-to-play strategy video game based on it was released on iOS and Android in July 2015.

Included events

 * 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 (2001–2021)
 * Chen Shui-bian corruption charges
 * Senkaku Islands dispute
 * Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts
 * Hundred Regiments Offensive

Video game
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.

Critical response
Hare is now used as Internet slang referring to China.

Criticisms
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. Though it is admitted that relations with Russia "occupy a leading place" in reflecting of Chinese history, but with a "complete disregard for historical facts", such as Soviet involvement in the Chinese Communist Party's foundation and the Red Army's liberation of Manchuria from Japanese forces. It was also noted that the Sino-Vietnamese War has been completely left behind.

Oiwan Lam of Global Voices Online finds racism in portraying the African as a hippopotamus, which she considers "a lazy and stupid animal". In that regard, "China's aid for Africa has also been simplified as a last resort because 'the first world refused to play with us'".

Ratings
The second and third season received 8.6 and 8.4 points out of 10 on Douban.