Winnie the Pooh

So, the image of Winnie the Pooh is banned in China, the CCP, that’s the Chinese Communist Party adamant that mocking President Xi Jinping is not funny - I, along with many others disagree.

The resemblance is uncanny, when Obama met with Xi Jinping in 2013, the censors ensured this image was removed from Chinese consumers. The Great Firewall of China swung into action and banned these funny portrayals of Xi Jinping and Barack Obama in 2013 when Xi Jinping visited the US. Whilst the CCP complain that this is a serious effort to undermine the President and the dignity of Xi Jinping, they will work out that the more you ban it, the more we will share it. 

The visit of Xi Jinping to Manila in 2018 sparked the ire of Filipinos, they resent the CCP ignoring the 2016 International Tribunal ruling in The Hague for their island claims in the South China Sea. They further invoke international condemnation by pursuing militarisation of the islands.

Significantly, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is displaying a lack of leadership by not questioning Xi Jinping and their intentions - submitting to CCP rule is nothing but weakness by Duterte.