Btw, censorship in China is often misrepresented here in the western world... For example, we all "know" that Winnie the Pooh is banned... The reality is a bit

Btw, censorship in China is often misrepresented here in the western world... For example, we all "know" that Winnie the Pooh is banned... The reality is a bit different: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1339716341037600769 https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/133971634103760076... https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1348578713563119616 https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/134857871356311961... I think that it boils down to: if you're obviously making fun of an head of state (i.e. you have a meme/image with both Winnie and Xi Jinping) it's going to be recognized as such, and taken down... But Winnie by itself (or the memes in foreign contexts) aren't really at risk of getting banned. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855 It actually reminds me of something that happened in Italy 15 years ago: https://www.repubblica.it/2006/11/sezioni/esteri/benedettoxvi-10/volantini-manifesto/volantini-manifesto.html https://www.repubblica.it/2006/11/sezioni/esteri/benedettoxv... The police entered the newsroom of the Manifesto, from which a bunch of leaflets had been thrown. On it you could read "Pastore Tedesco", referring to the German Pope (a wordplay on him being a pastor, and the German Sheperd dog breed) Authorities can seem really thin-skinned, given that in both cases it's an almost innocuous comparison that is being teased (to a cartoon bear, or a dog breed)... But given that these were targeted to an head of state, it's not too surprising. Obviously, censorship is not only about memes...