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I don't get the Winnie the Pooh meme. Is that a real thing Chinese people get upset about?

• bluetidepro 7y ago
  It's a meme that came from a picture a few years ago with Xi and Obama. Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/xi-jinping https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/xi-jinping > Is that a real thing Chinese people get upset about? Most likely not their people, but their government.
• hevi_jos 7y ago
  No. It is a joke that most people in China did about its leader from a picture of Obama. It is the leader, who appointed himself as dictator for life, who can't stand this joke. And has forbidden it. Chinese people laugh at the joke. It is only that the leader finds it not funny at all.
• krilly 7y ago
  It's a streisand effect thing. Pooh was banned for one stupid meme, which made him a symbol of the ludicrousness of Chinese censorship and oppression. So yeah, it's a real thing in China
• winnietheppoohj 7y ago
  Yeah it's real https://youtu.be/OubM8bD9kck?t=645 https://youtu.be/OubM8bD9kck?t=645
• kevingadd 7y ago
  A video game and its publisher both got completely shut down in China over a small reference to the meme hidden in some art: https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/2187566/hit-taiwanese-horror-game-devotion-banned-china-after-hidden-message https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/2187566/hit-taiwane... https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/3/20681075/devotion-china-censorship-publishing-license https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/3/20681075/devotion-china-cen... An entire company permanently shut down! The CN government takes it seriously.
• C14L 7y ago
  No, Chinese people invented it. The CCP gets upset about it.