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this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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if i had to guess, probably. it's somewhat of a plausibly-deniable dogwhistle for 'asian = yellow'. not saying you meant that, just that I don't blame the mods for their hypervigilance here
Oh wow. I honestly didn't thought about that. I may be an ass sometime but... not like that :o !
You hadn't thought of it because it's completely made up. Xi started getting compared to Winnie the Pooh by Chinese citizens after a picture came out showing Xi and former US President Obama together in a similar pose to Pooh and Tigger. Used originally for rather light-hearted ribbing of Xi, the Chinese government decided to crack down on it hard, which has had a massive Streisand Effect with the comparison between Xi and Pooh becoming popular in the West because Xi has shown how sensitive he is to it.
There's no racial component to it at all. It's all about being critical of the absurd censorship of the current PRC's government.
i wonder why western redditors found a depiction of an asian president as a fat yellow bear and a black president as a character called Tigger so funny 🤔 definitely no racism here, no sir
defending that racism is so transparently in bad faith holy shit