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Yes. It's propaganda that it's only banned in China.
It's also banned in tankie circles.
Semantics.
this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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there is a long history of anti-China movements
Hmm I wonder why
It is probably racism
I'm sure Taiwan hates asians
Somebody did accuse me of being a sinophobe. I really wanted to ask if they were acknowledging Taiwan's independence, but I had already been banned.
There is a long history of anti-China movements catering to the west for sympathy
Now what the hell do they expect of people that China wants to kill or "reeducate"? Who they expect these people to ask for help?
Same thing with Ukraine aligning with West. Guilty of being murdered by Russia.
I am surprised that for once it was not @dessalines@lemmy.ml. But, in the end, lemmygrad is full of tankies anyways
.ml mods being hardcore tankies? Impossible
And water makes things wet? Who'da thunk?
I don’t think that lends truth to the theory that it’s illegal. No doubt the government suppresses any spread of the meme though.
It's one of those situations where making a point to try and suppress it has only drawn sooo much more attention to it than it every would have received otherwise. Like if it had just been left alone, it never would have caught on as a "thing."
The opposite imo, it would have caught on but I think it would generally have been seen as positive. I mean, Pooh is a nice guy, tries his best to help his friends, what's not to like? He even has a red shirt, totally on brand right out of the box.
Complete own-goal trying to suppress it.
Why China censors banned Winnie the Pooh
Here the president is Mr Grey. He doesn't do silly things; he has no quirky elements; he makes no mistakes and that is why he is above the population and unable to be questioned.
"This proves to the world I'm no silly boi!"
"Uhh, sir, do you think that maybe this might just draw attention..."
"DON'T YOU DARE QUESTION ME!"
Sounds like something a silly boy would say, IMO.
The previous Chinese Leader Hu Jintao had a catchphrase of "promoting a harmonious society" or, in Chinese, hexie 和谐.
Bloggers started to refer to being censored as having been "harmonised" - bei hexie le 被和谐了 - but, by changing the tones in Chinese or changing the characters, you can fudge the meaning. So another hexie is river crab 河蟹。In other words, when you see an image of a river crab on the internet in China, it is likely to be a reference to something having been censored.
Hmm didn't know that.
the good ol' Streissand Effect
I mean it's from Wikipedia but it's pretty clear it's only being censored in instances where pooh is used as a stand in for Xi. Although that is still bad it's a little more nuanced than "China banned Pooh."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_in_China
Right but it's also a little more nuanced than claiming it's just western propaganda/not really a thing in China. Seems like it's been "a thing" for nearly a decade.
This game in Taiwan had a Xinnie reference back in 2019.
Taiwan game 'Devotion' upsets China with Winnie the Pooh reference
Looks like I just got a new meme - thanks OP!