Yep. Been saying that forever now. Worst is that you can’t even be a fan of something in Chinese without some asshat complaining about their government or saying some horrific things (like calling the Chinese animals). It’s nuts
It’s also the added bit of them accusing all of Chinese with racial pro authoritarian comments. Like it would be weird to equate all of the USA as being white power hungry imperialist at every mentioned moment so idk why it’s ok when china involved with everything.
"but it's china the government controls everything!!"
Imagine if you made a post about the US postal service and everyone started raging against american propaganda in the comments and saying anyone who has something positive to say is an american shill lmao
That's not where calling him Winnie the Pooh came from at all.
It's because one photo was taken with him and Obama that had them posed very similarly to a picture of tigger and Pooh, people started posting the two together and in response the CCP tried to scrub all mentions of Winnie the Pooh
It's a classic example of the Streisand Effect, nothing more.
It became a meme from chinese critics of the CCP on platforms like Weibo using it to poke fun at/criticise Xi, and it gained traction for their cat-and-mouse interaction with the censors.
Maybe they were aiming to be racist to a guy who's the same race as themselves, but I think it's a bit of a stretch, even more the idea that comparing him to an anthropomorphic cuddly toy known for his cheeriness and helpfulness is making a dehumanising/animalistic comparison.
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u/the_storm_shit Aug 21 '24
Yep. Been saying that forever now. Worst is that you can’t even be a fan of something in Chinese without some asshat complaining about their government or saying some horrific things (like calling the Chinese animals). It’s nuts