Chinese artist stirs climate action with toxic soup and heavy metal music

In China, Nut Brother and other climate activists have to find ways to get their message across to the public, without crossing an invisible ‘red line’ that would end their careers. Photo: Reuters

One early morning after the rain in the eastern Chinese city of Zibo, two people dressed as fishermen stir dozens of giant inflatable fish and peppers in the polluted, dark-brown water of the Yueyang River, shouting, “Zibo’s hotpot fish!”

A crowd of people point, take videos and laugh at the giant “soup.”