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Banned from memes.ml for posting image of Xinnie the Pooh in a discussion of how it's only western propaganda to claim it's banned in China? (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 week ago

The opposite imo, it would have caught on but I think it would generally have been seen as positive. I mean, Pooh is a nice guy, tries his best to help his friends, what's not to like? He even has a red shirt, totally on brand right out of the box.

Complete own-goal trying to suppress it.

[-] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why China censors banned Winnie the Pooh

Here the president is Mr Grey. He doesn't do silly things; he has no quirky elements; he makes no mistakes and that is why he is above the population and unable to be questioned.

"This proves to the world I'm no silly boi!"

"Uhh, sir, do you think that maybe this might just draw attention..."

"DON'T YOU DARE QUESTION ME!"

Sounds like something a silly boy would say, IMO.

The previous Chinese Leader Hu Jintao had a catchphrase of "promoting a harmonious society" or, in Chinese, hexie 和谐.

Bloggers started to refer to being censored as having been "harmonised" - bei hexie le 被和谐了 - but, by changing the tones in Chinese or changing the characters, you can fudge the meaning. So another hexie is river crab 河蟹。In other words, when you see an image of a river crab on the internet in China, it is likely to be a reference to something having been censored.

Hmm didn't know that.

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