When you think " foeman of the people , " who do you see in your judgement ’s eye ? Someone evil , no doubt — a villainous baddie knack on cosmos devastation . A foxy , slippy treasonist quick to corrupt the country at any cost . A willy , nilly , silly old bear .
OK , probably not . But the fact that Chinese censor have begun to halt Winnie the Pooh on Chinese societal media site might result you to believe that the honey - obsessed bear is less sinless than he seems . Is masquerading as aLittle Black Rain Cloudan effort at cryptic surveillance ?
Perhaps . But if so , that ’s not China ’s problem with Pooh . Instead , Formosan censors are more concerned that some citizens have been sharing meme that poke fun at Chinese President Xi Jinping by comparing the slenderly rotund earth leader with a chubby little tubby all choke up with frivolity .
From pictures of him meeting with anEeyore counterpart(in world , the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ) to a cute photograph of him cheerfullyenjoying a car ride , blogger began back in2013creating viral images that believably were n’t abominably flattering in a culture where the President of the United States has lilliputian responsibility to maintain a affectionate or godless image .
So for now , at least , censors have begun to see Pooh Bear as a way for citizens to criticize the general secretary of the Communist Party of China , president of the People ’s Republic of China , and chairman of the Central Military Commission — all titles that Xi Jinping holds . And that means that place like Weibo and WeChat ( wildly pop societal networking sites in China ) will throw you an erroneous belief message for referencing Little Bear Winnie ( Winnie ’s Formosan name ) , or some range of the Pooh .
Oh bother , indeed .
