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I mean, Disney owns Winnie the Pooh.
by tapoxi 7y ago
I mean, Disney owns Winnie the Pooh.
- me_me_me 7y agoWho has no resemblance to living or fictitious person, especially not Chinese.
- mc32 7y agoIt’s not the resemblance. It acted as a stand in given that censors censored the premiers name. They could have used “lightning” or whatever to act as a stand in for the target person. It’s like if Twitter were to ban the poop emoji, so people use an alternative emoji with no connection except the understanding that it represents the poop emoji and then Twitter banned this emoji and then people come up with another alternative...
- airstrike 7y agoNot sure if you're being sarcastic, but https://www.google.com/search?q=winnie+pooh+xi+jinping&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=winnie+pooh+xi+jinping&tbm=i...
- andrei_says_ 7y agoSemi-related: China completely erased all South Park mentions and media from its internet properties because of their “Band in China” episode. Which of course made me watch it. Highly recommended.