Winnie the Pooh CENSORED

[Randy W]

in the NY Times

 

China Censors Winnie-the-Pooh on Social Media

 

and the Shanghaiist

 

Winnie the Pooh gets banned from Chinese social media for looking too much like Xi Jinping

 

Yesterday, the Financial Times reported that over the weekend searches for the Chinese name of the lovable and plump bear on Weibo returned only error messages of this "content is illegal," while on WeChat a collection of animated gifs featuring the beloved AA Milne character was removed.

 

 

http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/alexlinder/xi_jinping_winnie_the_pooh.jpg

 

 

http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/katienelson/xi-abe-winnie.jpg

 

[Allon]

Be careful, China. The Japanese are experts at anime art. Imagine the possibilities............

[wawster]

Holy moley...This is just hilarious!

Thanks, Randy! This is the best grin I've had all day.

Who knows what'll be next..... any thoughts?

[Randy W]

Holy moley...This is just hilarious!

Thanks, Randy! This is the best grin I've had all day.

Who knows what'll be next..... any thoughts?

 

 

PICTURES! They supposedly have new technology in place that will intercept images before they are received

 

China’s WeChat censoring ‘sensitive’ photos, not just text, study shows

Study the first systematic research into image censorship of one topic on the hugely popular Chinese instant messaging app, according to researchers

 

 

 

They may even try to block the Dalai Lama's reincarnation - http://tibet.net/2017/05/china-and-the-reincarnation-of-the-dalai-lama/

Edited July 18, 2017 by Randy W (see edit history)