Randy W Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 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 1 Link to comment
Allon Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 Be careful, China. The Japanese are experts at anime art. Imagine the possibilities............ 2 Link to comment
wawster Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 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? Link to comment
Randy W Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) 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) Link to comment
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