Chinese internet users must find inventive ways to grumble or mock before the authorities catch on to them. Enter Winnie-the-Pooh
is a good-natured, credulous bear. That makes him an unlikely protagonist for a slasher movie. “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey”, released earlier this year, has been panned by film-goers around the world. In Hong Kong it was pulled by cinemas before it opened. It did not even make it that far in mainland China. That is not because of the unconvincing amount of gore that is spilt, nor because the film’s whole premise is preposterous.
Censoring China’s internet is a game of whack-a-mole. Direct criticism of the Communist Party and its general secretary is quickly seized upon, so netizens must findto grumble or mock before the authorities catch on to them. For a while, a harmless bear became that elusive mole. Arch online mentions of Pooh were known to be references to China’s leader.
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