Liberty Times
Chicken-beheading rituals are occasionally referred to metaphorically in modern Taiwanese politics. When James Soong, was accused of embezzling funds from his own Kuomintang (KMT) Party, he was depicted performing a chicken-beheading ritual to prove his innocence in a cartoon by the "Liberty Times". This cartoon vehemently ridiculed Soong because he was a member of the Westernised elite and would not engage in such a traditional ritual. The cartoon also demonstrated how the image of a chicken being beheaded still resounded in the minds of the Taiwanese people.