It was a photo of Obama and Xi walking together, and a Weibo user posted a graphic of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger directly next to it. It was a hilarious match, with lanky Obama and rotund Xi. See for yourself: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DE680g_XsAAaplZ.jpg
It's lese-majeste, the crime of mocking the ruler. Everyone who forwarded it was suspended or banned.
AFAIK, it started as overzealous Chinese internet censors taking down posts/memes made by Chinese netizens comparing Xi to Pooh. Western media eventually picked up the story and then due to sinophobia, propaganda and a bit of misunderstanding, redditors wound up turning the story into the Chinese government banning Pooh because Xi was personally offended or something like that.
The big one was a kid having his exit visa revoked for posting anti-china memes while studying in America. He had to go home and spent I think 10 months (?) in either jail or house arrest (or as the western media calls it: "welded into his home").
One of the posts was a Winnie the Pooh meme, so of course they run with it.
They literally think Winnie the Pooh is banned even though he's probably one of the most popular cartoon characters over there.
Also how the fuck is that even an insult? Pooh is like one of the most humble cartoon characters.
It’s cos Winnie the Pooh is yellow. They’re just being racist
It was a photo of Obama and Xi walking together, and a Weibo user posted a graphic of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger directly next to it. It was a hilarious match, with lanky Obama and rotund Xi. See for yourself: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DE680g_XsAAaplZ.jpg
It's lese-majeste, the crime of mocking the ruler. Everyone who forwarded it was suspended or banned.
How did the "Winnie The Pooh is banned" canard get started anyway?
AFAIK, it started as overzealous Chinese internet censors taking down posts/memes made by Chinese netizens comparing Xi to Pooh. Western media eventually picked up the story and then due to sinophobia, propaganda and a bit of misunderstanding, redditors wound up turning the story into the Chinese government banning Pooh because Xi was personally offended or something like that.
The big one was a kid having his exit visa revoked for posting anti-china memes while studying in America. He had to go home and spent I think 10 months (?) in either jail or house arrest (or as the western media calls it: "welded into his home").
One of the posts was a Winnie the Pooh meme, so of course they run with it.
redditors really do like to imagine Xi Jinping as some childish thin-skinned lunatic who has a big button he presses labeled "I'm offended"
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