Staring at the sun will blind you, and in many cultures the sun historically symbolised the Emperor or King. In Cheung’s painting Staring at the Sun, the image of Winnie the Pooh reflected in the architectural edifice references the Chinese internet censorship of the children's cartoon, after an image of Pooh and Tigger were used online to compare Presidents Xi Jinping and Obama walking on the White House lawn. The image shows Pooh dressed as a king, referencing Xi Jinping's changing the Chinese constitution to allow his own name to be included, something no-one has achieved since Chairman Mao. The building in the painting is a holdout house – the last homes left in an area in the process of being urbanised or developed, whose owners refuse to sell their property – known in China as a "nail house", due to the proverb “the stubborn nail must be hammered down”. Nail houses are now also censored symbols on the Chinese internet.