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Winnie the Pooh is reportedly being banished from Shanghai Disneyland at the command of Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to Theme Park University, all mention of the character is set to be ...
Ernie Bot refused to answer sensitive questions about President Xi or COVID — and even banned users who asked about the Communist leader’s views on Winnie the Pooh.
Spies at Chinese “police stations,” one of them in New York’s Chinatown, are told to find anyone insulting Xi Jinping with Disney character memes.
All because some clever social media users started comparing Winnie the Pooh to China's president, Xi Jinping.
The change in the constitution is to be voted on in March. If it goes through, President Xi Jinping would extend his rule beyond his slated 2023 term limit, and preside over China indefinitely. A ...
It’s usual for Chinese authorities to mute discussions about Xi Jinping, even when his name is not even mentioned. Previously, Chinese authorities banned references to Winnie-the-Pooh because of ...
A photo showing a meeting between Xi and President Obama provided another popular meme in 2013. This time, a picture showed Winnie the Pooh and his smiling friend Tigger, walking side by side.
Winnie the Pooh became a subversive symbol in China primarily due to internet memes that compared Chinese President Xi Jinping to the beloved children's character.
Why? When Xi Jinping visited Barack Obama at the White House in 2013, a social-media wag remarked on how the pair resembled Pooh and Tigger, the bear’s fictional buddy.
China's ChatGPT rival Ernie reportedly bans users asking it to compare Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh, CNBC reports. The Chinese chatbot was also found to deflect when asked about the origins of ...
The film featuring a murderous Pooh bear has been pulled from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau without explanation. Some say it's a result of China's censorship of memes related to leader Xi Jinping.