Winnie the Pooh trended on Chinese social media. A Pooh-related topic got over 100 million views on Chinese social media platform Weibo alone. But the news soon disappeared from the list of trending topics, and the page could not be displayed. Related comment sections have also been shut down. The Chinese regime considers the Disney bear a sensitive figure. That’s because many Chinese netizens use him as a euphemism for Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping.
Chinese Site Censors Winnie the Pooh-Related Topic
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