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[-] [email protected] 48 points 3 weeks ago

there is a long history of anti-China movements

Hmm I wonder why

[-] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It is probably racism

I'm sure Taiwan hates asians

[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

Somebody did accuse me of being a sinophobe. I really wanted to ask if they were acknowledging Taiwan's independence, but I had already been banned.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

There is a long history of anti-China movements catering to the west for sympathy

Now what the hell do they expect of people that China wants to kill or "reeducate"? Who they expect these people to ask for help?

Same thing with Ukraine aligning with West. Guilty of being murdered by Russia.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

.ml mods being hardcore tankies? Impossible

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

And water makes things wet? Who'da thunk?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. It's propaganda that it's only banned in China.

It's also banned in tankie circles.

Semantics.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

I am surprised that for once it was not @[email protected]. But, in the end, lemmygrad is full of tankies anyways

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t think that lends truth to the theory that it’s illegal. No doubt the government suppresses any spread of the meme though.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

It's one of those situations where making a point to try and suppress it has only drawn sooo much more attention to it than it every would have received otherwise. Like if it had just been left alone, it never would have caught on as a "thing."

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

the good ol' Streissand Effect

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean it's from Wikipedia but it's pretty clear it's only being censored in instances where pooh is used as a stand in for Xi. Although that is still bad it's a little more nuanced than "China banned Pooh."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_in_China

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Right but it's also a little more nuanced than claiming it's just western propaganda/not really a thing in China. Seems like it's been "a thing" for nearly a decade.

This game in Taiwan had a Xinnie reference back in 2019.

Taiwan game 'Devotion' upsets China with Winnie the Pooh reference

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like I just got a new meme - thanks OP!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago
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