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Chinese censors clamp down on Winnie the Pooh

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Shiggy

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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.
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The ruling Communist Party is highly sensitive to comical depictions of its leader, particularly as Xi attempts to consolidate power ahead of a key party congress later this year.
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https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/17/content-illegal-chinese-censors-clamp-winnie-pooh/


Pooh, burn!
 
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Chairmanchuck

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Mr. Giggles said:
But I like Winnie the pooh

Also wouldn't people just go ahead and use another fictional character?
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They will. I still dont get what chinese censorship is even for. If something is censored, it will be shared more and more on chinese social media.

Its like trying to kill a Hydra. It doesnt work. You censor 1000 accounts, but at that time 100.000 already shared it, you try to catch up, it gets bigger and bigger.
 
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Munti

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If 100 acre wood should appear again in kh3, would that mean that the game can't be released / would be heavy censored there?
 
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EGM1966

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While I'm obviously against censorship like this at all this does seem particularly odd and left field even for Chinese censorship.

I wonder if the censors just get bored sometimes and go for something random.
 
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Amalthea

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psychowave said:
It's not like it's even an insulting comparison. I mean, Winnie the Pooh is adorable. Who doesn't love him?
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Authoritarian leaders always have severe self-esteem issues. Otherwise they wouldn't have to rule whole countries with a thight fist to feel somewhat secure.
 
andythinkpad

andythinkpad

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I have never heard of Winnie the poop being used for Xi. "Bun" is used alot. "Dead Face" sometimes. I call him "Bun Bun" or "Big Boss".

Liu was referred to as the "nameless dynamite award winner."
 
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