Never particularly paid much attention to it, but I've suddenly noticed how often Chinese people, and specifically Chinese communists depict themselves as rabbits/bunnies. Is there any reason behind it or is it just a funny coincidence?
afaik mostly comes from the history show 那年那兔那些事/Year Hare Affair where china is depicted as rabbits. as for why the show did it, there are a few different possibilities: the ballad of mulan’s ending lines; the fact rabbits are peaceful and populous; or ‘rabbit’ and 'comrade’ sounding alike in some topolects