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| Chinese censors can't bear Winnie the Pooh |
| 2017-07-18 |
| [DAWN] Has Winnie the Pooh done something to anger China's censors? Some mentions of the lovable but dimwitted bear with a weakness for “hunny” have been blocked on Chinese social networks. Authorities did not explain the clampdown, but the self-described “bear of very little brain” has been used in the past in a meme comparing him to portly Chinese President Xi Jinping. Posts bearing the image and the Chinese characters for Winnie the Pooh were still permitted on the Twitter-like Weibo platform Monday. But comments referencing “Little Bear Winnie” — Pooh's Chinese name — turned up error messages saying the user could not proceed because “this content is illegal.” Winnie the Pooh stickers have also been removed from WeChat's official “sticker gallery,” but user-generated gifs of the bear are still available on the popular messaging app. Comparisons between Xi and Pooh first emerged in 2013, after Chinese social media users began circulating a pair of pictures that placed an image of Pooh and his slender tiger friend “Tigger” beside a photograph of Xi walking with then-US President Barack Obama. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Beeg, bad dwaggon scayode of liddle stuft bayo. In the tradition of all Chinese dynasties, the current one is its own worst enemy and the bringer about of its own demise. Currently nameless, this one could be called the Ay Chin Gao. |
| Posted by: JHH 2017-07-18 12:11 |
| #2 Gonna be tough for Hong Kong Disney... |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-07-18 07:32 |
| #1 Even though not banned in the US, years ago when deportations of illegal Mexicans were higher, Tweety Bird stickers were seen on many vehicles driven by Mexicans as a symbol of illegals always on the run from the big black cat. |
| Posted by: Thinese Hupairong3592 2017-07-18 03:42 |