Chinese censors have banned the release of Christopher Robin, a new film adaptation of AA Milne’s beloved story about Winnie the Pooh, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The Winnie the Pooh character has become a lighthearted way for people across China to mock their president, Xi Jinping, but it seems the government doesn’t find the joke very funny.

It started when Xi visited the US in 2013, and an image of Xi and then president Barack Obama walking together spurred comparisons to Winnie – a portly Xi – walking with Tigger, a lanky Obama.

Xi was again compared to the fictional bear in 2014 during a meeting with Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, who took on the part of the pessimistic, gloomy donkey, Eeyore.

As comparisons grew and the meme spread online, censors began erasing the images which mocked Xi. The website of US television station HBO was blocked last month after comedian John Oliver repeatedly made fun of the Chinese president’s apparent sensitivity over comparisons of his figure with that of Winnie. The segment also focused on China’s dismal human rights record.

Another comparison between Xi and Winnie during a military parade in 2015 became that year’s most censored image, according to Global Risk Insights. The firm said the Chinese government viewed the meme as “a serious effort to undermine the dignity of the presidential office and Xi himself”.

“Authoritarian regimes are often touchy, yet the backlash is confusing since the government is effectively squashing an potential positive, and organic, public image campaign for Xi,” the report said at the time. “Beijing’s reaction is doubly odd given the fact that Xi has made substantial efforts to create a cult of personality showing him as a benevolent ruler.”

Another reason for the film’s rejection by the authorities may be that China only allows 34 foreign films to be released in cinemas each year. That leaves Hollywood summer blockbusters, family films and contenders from across the world jockeying for a tiny number of spots.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi

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China Jails Student For Tweets Sent in US Showing President as Winnie The Pooh

A student who tweeted a cartoon of Winnie the Pooh in connection with President Xi Jinping while studying in the U.S. was jailed for six months on his return to China for the summer vacation last year.

The Wuchang District People's Court in the central city of Wuhan announced on Jan. 22 that Luo Daiqing, a student at the University of Minnesota, had been arrested and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for "posting a tweet criticizing President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the [ruling] Chinese Communist Party on Twitter."

Luo, 25, was accused of posting dozens of "comments and inappropriate images insulting to the leader of this country" while studying in the U.S. in September and October 2018, the court said.

Among the tweets cited by the court in evidence against Lu was a depiction of President Xi as Winnie the Pooh, whose likeness has been banned from China's tightly controlled internet after a number of memes likening the fictional bear to the president went viral.

Luo was detained on July 12, 2019 by police in his hometown of Wuhan after he returned to China for the summer vacation, it said.

He was handed a six-month jail term on Nov. 5, 2019 for "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble," a charge frequently used to target peaceful critics of the government.

Luo was released on Jan. 11, 2020 after time in pretrial detention was included as part of his sentence, but declined to say much when contacted by RFA on Thursday.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tweets-01232020164342.html/ampRFA

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Their problem

Zombies working frantically to justify the Twitter goof..


On what grounds do u compare yourselves with China?

Is china a third world country?


Is China a shit hole?


U just pull out one or two off track occurrences in sane worlds and use to justify your gross stupidity

mightyhaze:
Zombies working frantically to justify the Twitter goof..


On what grounds do u compare yourselves with China?

Is china a third world country?


Is China a shit hole?


U just pull out one or two off track occurrences in sane worlds and use to justify your gross stupidity

Justifying Twitter ban how I posted how China Government banned a cartoon

Imagine. No wonder they are now the fulani govt's new mentors.

The funny thing is that the meme really does twin the Chinese president's moments well. It's so hilarious. People are very creative.

Don't insult Winnie the Pooh like that.

Winnie should be the only one offended.