They do not usually communicate to their citizens in English. The press release http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/gzdt_gzdt/s5987/202208/t20220822_654438.html http

They do not usually communicate to their citizens in English. The press release http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/gzdt_gzdt/s5987/202208/t20220822_654438.html http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/gzdt_gzdt/s5987/202208/t20220... calls the illustrations 比较丑 "quite ugly". Not sure where the Guardian is getting "tragically ugly" from, but my guess would be a social media post ridiculing the drawings.