The world-beloved honey-loving teddy bear has been nearly banished from China's cyberspace, and the reason for doing so is equally bizarre
The newspaper printed a picture showing the bear strolling with his tiger friend Tigger next to a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping walking with his then-US counterpart Barack Obama in 2013. After the image appeared online, Chinese netizens began posting photos of Jinping in similar poses by putting pictures side by side.
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Out of the many creative pictures, one depicted a frosty handshake between Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe along with Pooh and his donkey friend Eeyore. The pictures were clearly meant to be swallowed with a pinch of humour, but the mirth was lost on the government.
Some internet users have pointed out a recent photo as a possible trigger for the latest restrictions. In the picture, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife each held a Pooh mug. China is already infamous for having one of the world's most restrictive internet filtering and censorship systems- the Great Firewall of China.
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