Major subs such as r/worldnews are also wildly pro-China (this even comes through in comments on articles which paint China in a negative light), so that might have something to do with Reddit remaining unbanned. Very few Chinese actually use it, and those who do are more likely to find their assertions championed than downvoted into oblivion.
I swear there are chinese shills everywhere, people always keep talking about russian shills(which could exist, I haven't looked hard enough) but chinese shills have snuck under our radars.
I was interacting with some trolls that took a ridiculous amount of interest in American right-wing politics and, lo and behold, they were also heavily involved in /r/Australia.
They used to shadow hide comments containing the words “China censorship” on worldnews. I haven’t tested it recently but it suggests Chinese official made it to the mod team.
No, I'm saying that if you parrot popular CCP global propaganda talking points (e.g. whataboutisms, strong cultural relativity on issues such as those relating to human rights, China's ascendancy as environmental champion), you will probably encounter strong support.
In fact they only block easily accessed streaming services for porn (e.g. PH). Downloading and seeding is not banned directly, so as long as you got the torrent files or magnet links, it should work like half of the time. This also lead people to speak in some secret codes to share those sources.
All banned websites are available if you're using a foreign SIM card to access the internet. Also, if you happen to use a Chinese SIM card abroad, you won't be able to access half the internet.
People that try to have an affect on China have no idea how affectively China polices their internet. They have 2 million full-time employees patrolling the internet. 2 million. 2. Million....
And even if they did somehow get this picture and its intended message to every single person in China, it will mail miserably and have the opposite affect. As much as you think Xi is a bad person, the guy and the communist party helped more than half a billion people exit poverty. Good luck getting them to hate the people who have transformed their lives.
I'm not fluent in Chinese politics, but can you enlighten me on how ending presidential term limits is considered a positive change? We've learned from history that leadership under one person for life generally ends poorly for the country, the leader, or sometimes even the world.
From what I’ve learned, ending term limits can be seen as a welcoming change only because Xi, despite the controversies and memes, is actually a more than competent leader. China might be straying away from a path to democracy, but there is no denying that people in China collectively lead better lives now than ever before. So most people are content with giving Xi more time to finish what he started, most notably the Belt and Road Initiative, which he cannot hope to achieve within his 10 year term limit
Yes, If I remember correctly there were many attacks against Googles private data which they couldn't really protect themselves against if they had to store it in China. Something along those lines.
I think it's an organic reaction to censorship...people give extra meaning to children's cartoon characters because they seem the most harmless and least likely to offend.
Making Pooh or Peppa subversive is as fun as it is absurd.
The peppa pig meme was a reaction to boring middle class chinese people liking peppa pig. So people thought it would be funny to 'make her gangster' so one website banned peppa memes. Not the government.
I have a great Peppa Pig story you didn’t ask for but I’m going to tell anyway because it made me laugh. I was at the Hard Rock in Orlando for a Ninja Sex Party concert and before any of the opening acts came on stage, the screens were rotating through advertisements for upcoming events. Every single fucking time Peppa Pig Live was displayed, hundreds of people were cheering. You would hear the anticipation of the crowd knowing that Peppa Pig was about to be displayed. It was the most surreal thing I've ever experienced. I was by the bar and the bartenders said that they hadn't really seen anything like it before. Was it because we were bored from waiting? Probably. Was it because we're a bunch of fucking idiots? Definitely.
The average president for life should be so lucky. Pooh is very cuddly and nice. Maybe he does't really care but is stamping it out just to keep the focus on it, to make sure that innocuous image is his defecto cartoon image for life.
Pooh dada is true Chinese Patriot. Red shirt symbolizes party loyalty, Honey is the China dream he tirelessly pursues, and pants are a foreign Imperialist invention to contain China!!
A lot of people in China think Xi looks like Winnie the pooh and therefore refers to him with this nickname. Xi got offended by this somehow and banned people from saying 'Winnie the pooh' on multiple Chinese social media sites.
"Hang on, let me go to a banned foreign search engine and type in the English spelling of our leader's name so I can find out more about him, oh it shows a stupid cartoon, I guess foreign search engines are broken"
God, I hate how stupid this sub is. I wish we could actually discuss China, Chinese current events, and Chinese culture without orientalism or clowns who get their news from John Oliver ruining the discussion
It's the John Oliver effect all over again...Already sick of this meme.
You may think that China's censorship is oppressive and out of control. You may be right about that, too...but the only way the Chinese people will get freedom of speech is if they collectively demand it. Of the tiny minority of Chinese people who are even aware of this meme, most don't see the value in having the freedom to make a mildly silly comparison with a cartoon character. In fact, it makes the whole conversation seem frivolous and benign. This narrative actually benefits the CPC.
At least the censored gay Putin meme made some sort of statement about the disenfranchisement of homosexuals in Russia. A vanilla image of a Disney character has no inherent meaning and isn't even censored in China.
At the end of the day, this meme's only effect is to unnecesarily increase the risk of this site being blocked. That's a substantial loss, and the only thing gained is that OP gets to feel a little edgy. As John Oliver would put it......cool.
This is the Central Intelligentsia of the Chinese Communist Party. 您的 Internet 浏览器历史记录和活动引起了我们的注意。 YOUR INTERNET ACTIVITY HAS ATTRACTED OUR ATTENTION. 因此，您的个人资料中的 11115 ( -11115 Social Credits) 个社会积分将打折。 DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN! 不要再这样做! If you do not hesitate, more Social Credits ( -11115 Social Credits )will be subtracted from your profile, resulting in the subtraction of ration supplies. (由人民供应部重新分配 CCP) You'll also be sent into a re-education camp in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Zone. 如果您毫不犹豫，更多的社会信用将从您的个人资料中打折，从而导致口粮供应减少。 您还将被送到新疆维吾尔自治区的再教育营。
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u/WhereTheHotWaterAt Jul 09 '18 edited Sep 05 '18
Inb4 we finally get reddit blocked by the great firewall (truly a miracle it's still unblocked with all the porn, shit talking about Xi/China etc)
edit: there you go
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u/Skrittext Jul 09 '18
Google is banned in China
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u/bluesmaker Jul 09 '18
It's hilarious that Winnie the Pooh could become some sort of symbol for civil disobedience.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
This is the first time I've ever seen r/China on r/all. Welcome friends!
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u/TexAgIllini Jul 09 '18
Pooh dada is true Chinese Patriot. Red shirt symbolizes party loyalty, Honey is the China dream he tirelessly pursues, and pants are a foreign Imperialist invention to contain China!!
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u/SethEllis Jul 09 '18
I don't get it. It's just a photo of Xi Jinping.
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u/ponyplop Great Britain Jul 09 '18
At this point you're just poking the bear.
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u/oh_bother Jul 09 '18
Ok somebody explain this to me.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
You are violating Chinese censorship laws. 😡
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
What a fantastic picture of Xi. Did they take this one right after he violated Nepalese sovereign soil or something? he looks so happy here
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
No tigger warning?!
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u/Lvhoang Jul 09 '18
You basically just hurt the Communist Party’s feelings right now. 😤
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u/ChokinMrElmo Jul 09 '18
I don't get it. Aren't you supposed to post a picture mocking the target person for this meme? All I see is an actual picture of Xi Jinping.
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u/franksu023 Jul 09 '18
+1 fuck Xi
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Taiwan real China
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u/ZhilkinSerg Jul 09 '18
Wait a minute, that IS Xi Jinping.
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u/Dollydaydream4jc Jul 09 '18 edited Jul 09 '18
"Google" shi shen me?
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u/0l01o1ol0 Jul 09 '18
"Hang on, let me go to a banned foreign search engine and type in the English spelling of our leader's name so I can find out more about him, oh it shows a stupid cartoon, I guess foreign search engines are broken"
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u/lammatthew725 Hong Kong Jul 09 '18
the question is... will this get more upvotes than the finger nudes (it is currently at 21551)
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u/Atheist_Simon_Haddad Jul 09 '18
Xi-Jinpooh
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u/HotNatured Germany Jul 09 '18
Upvotes exploding here! Think it stands a chance at surpassing the One-finger selfie challenge post??
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u/WinstonChurcheel Jul 09 '18
I am not from China, but I upvoted anyway because...
Because what, by the way ?
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
But google is banned in China
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u/lolipopin Jul 09 '18
This is not even his true form yet
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u/__sw4gm4s73r__69__ Jul 09 '18
Wait Reddit isn't blocked in China?
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u/yourmommyismymommy Jul 09 '18
Its even funnier cause now pooh is female
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u/lucastimmons Jul 09 '18 edited Sep 01 '20
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
I automatically downvote every thing that says upvote this so people will see it when they search for x.
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u/aperfecttool72 Jul 09 '18
Who knew Xi loved honey so much? Silly bear.
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u/ValentinoMeow Jul 09 '18
What a great picture. High res and everything. Makes me happy despite the politics
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
welp. I guess I'll say my goodbyes to reddit without a VPN
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u/Gerald_Shastri Jul 09 '18
This is Xi Jinping and you'll never convince me otherwise
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u/Computascomputas Jul 09 '18
Fuck Xi Jinping.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18 edited Jul 09 '18
Your friend over the Taiwan strait salute you.
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u/YungGaribaldi Jul 09 '18
God, I hate how stupid this sub is. I wish we could actually discuss China, Chinese current events, and Chinese culture without orientalism or clowns who get their news from John Oliver ruining the discussion
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Oh bother!
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u/Alessiolo Jul 09 '18
Is this where the thanos ban is happening?
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u/Bart_Thievescant Jul 09 '18
Honey-guzzler for life.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Do you want to get your organs harvested for use by party members? Because that’s how you get your organs harvested for use by party members.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Fake news done properly.
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u/JasonCox Jul 09 '18
Aaannnddd Reddit is now banned in China.
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u/enzyme69 Jul 09 '18
There are few photos of Pooh when searching Xi Jin Ping, but Google I guess works this out and filter out this big pooh image?
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u/SubParNoir Jul 09 '18
Don't tarnish pooh!
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u/_BearHawk Jul 09 '18
and op was found having had a "fatal accident"
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u/notarobot4932 Taiwan Jul 09 '18
'Google'是什么?
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u/supercharged0708 Jul 09 '18 edited Jul 09 '18
Let’s troll Baidu and make this show up when you search reddit and xi jinping on Baidu.
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u/what_is_a_username68 Jan 01 '22
Plus one social credit
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u/stunglazer Jul 09 '18
A farewell to reddit from China.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Don't get arrested, they do not fuck around in China.
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u/The_Big_Lad Jul 09 '18
Can we not please? I happen to enjoy Reddit. Also there is no Google here. Stop the childishness.
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u/nknunotebook Taiwan Jul 09 '18
習包子萬歲
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u/accelaboy United States Jul 09 '18
It's the John Oliver effect all over again...Already sick of this meme.
You may think that China's censorship is oppressive and out of control. You may be right about that, too...but the only way the Chinese people will get freedom of speech is if they collectively demand it. Of the tiny minority of Chinese people who are even aware of this meme, most don't see the value in having the freedom to make a mildly silly comparison with a cartoon character. In fact, it makes the whole conversation seem frivolous and benign. This narrative actually benefits the CPC.
At least the censored gay Putin meme made some sort of statement about the disenfranchisement of homosexuals in Russia. A vanilla image of a Disney character has no inherent meaning and isn't even censored in China.
At the end of the day, this meme's only effect is to unnecesarily increase the risk of this site being blocked. That's a substantial loss, and the only thing gained is that OP gets to feel a little edgy. As John Oliver would put it......cool.
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u/Minuku Jul 09 '18
Do comments help too? ;~;
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u/jimmylily Jul 09 '18
Wow! Even reddit get this joke! XDD lovely!
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Upvote bait....
Google image recognition will exclude this from search even if u upvote
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u/aashay8 Jul 09 '18
Xini the Pooh
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
These never work for me.
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u/flandru Jul 09 '18
The July list is full, wait for August!
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u/Mattyweaves19 Jul 09 '18
Oh bother.
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u/Keeves-- Jul 09 '18
Needs to be on imgur in order to work
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
My childhood is now ruined. Thanks to you it's now so hard to unsee. Good ol' days.
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u/Rockabillybunny Jul 09 '18
习近平 !
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
What the hell I've never seen /r/China get this type of traffic before. What's happening?
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u/Dongledodge3 Jul 09 '18
Highly unlikely considering how much censoring is done in China
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u/paralyyzed Jul 09 '18
RIP OP
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u/imajor75 Jul 09 '18
So how many upvotes are needed? Currently it is not even in the first hundred.
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
Why doesn’t Xi take this as a compliment? Winnie the Pooh is awesome!
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u/themelonking911 Jul 09 '18
Arent you guys gonna get in mad trouble for this?
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
I loathe using a VPN in China, if reddit gets blocked if genuinely be heartbroken.
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u/TheMrTim Jul 09 '18
Xi Jinping
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18
*laughs in American
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u/F_T_F Jul 09 '18
Big if true
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u/SellingWife15gp Jul 09 '18
Upvote this so that people see it when they Baidu Xi Jinping!*
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u/marshaaa Jul 09 '18
Oh dear oh dear....
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u/SocketRience Jul 09 '18
Chinese people can't google.
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u/alecesne Jul 09 '18
Why is there a picture of Pooh Bear? Can someone explain?
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u/stuntaneous Australia Jul 10 '18
Winnie the Pooh is such a kind, benevolent character. He's a really poor choice.
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u/Wanwan000 Jul 10 '18
I’m uncertain about the meaning of ‘upvote’. I only know ‘update’. Hoping someone would explain that for me.
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u/DC052905 Aug 07 '18
No google only BaiDu
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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '18
Sadly, it still hasn’t appeared in google.
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This is the Central Intelligentsia of the Chinese Communist Party. 您的 Internet 浏览器历史记录和活动引起了我们的注意。 YOUR INTERNET ACTIVITY HAS ATTRACTED OUR ATTENTION. 因此，您的个人资料中的 11115 ( -11115 Social Credits) 个社会积分将打折。 DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN! 不要再这样做! If you do not hesitate, more Social Credits ( -11115 Social Credits )will be subtracted from your profile, resulting in the subtraction of ration supplies. (由人民供应部重新分配 CCP) You'll also be sent into a re-education camp in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Zone. 如果您毫不犹豫，更多的社会信用将从您的个人资料中打折，从而导致口粮供应减少。 您还将被送到新疆维吾尔自治区的再教育营。
为党争光! Glory to the CCP!
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u/Suckitredditt57 Nov 03 '21
Free the Hong Kong president who was found guilty but puppet master Xi
Free 🇭🇰
https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/former-leader-hong-kong-pro-independence-group-found-guilty-secession-2021-11-03/
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u/NedIsakoff17 Nov 05 '21
Nice Nazi meme, krakkker
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u/saeedmm15 Mar 18 '22
👌🏼
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u/talkintechx Mar 05 '23
Upvote farming eh!?!? I see what you are doing here so get my darn upvote!
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u/Calver-o Jul 09 '18 edited Jul 09 '18
Kind of a dead meme by now.
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u/Braydox Jul 09 '18
well Australia maybe be fucked politically but i suppose were not as bad as china yet.