▲ 144 ▼ At least 7.9 million punished in Xi's fight to keep party going (www.abc.net.au) submitted 1 week ago by Zapados@sh.itjust.works to c/world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NinePeedles@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago (3 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children) People say the Winnie thing is racist, but I never thought Chinese people look like Winnie. Xi looks like Winnie. Chinese people think he looks like Winnie. I think the racism thing is made up by his supporters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dima@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) The original comparison to Winnie the Pooh was from Chinese social media and was arguably an affectionate joke. Xi didn't like it and it became a meme for his critics due to its censorship. (This is from what I've read previously and double-checking just now) Edit - one of the original comparison images that started this meme: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago my mother took one photo of me walkin like this and now my entire family is obsessed with bigfoot permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children) People say the Winnie thing is racist, but I never thought Chinese people look like Winnie. Xi looks like Winnie. Chinese people think he looks like Winnie. I think the racism thing is made up by his supporters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dima@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) The original comparison to Winnie the Pooh was from Chinese social media and was arguably an affectionate joke. Xi didn't like it and it became a meme for his critics due to its censorship. (This is from what I've read previously and double-checking just now) Edit - one of the original comparison images that started this meme: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago my mother took one photo of me walkin like this and now my entire family is obsessed with bigfoot permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dima@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child) The original comparison to Winnie the Pooh was from Chinese social media and was arguably an affectionate joke. Xi didn't like it and it became a meme for his critics due to its censorship. (This is from what I've read previously and double-checking just now) Edit - one of the original comparison images that started this meme: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago my mother took one photo of me walkin like this and now my entire family is obsessed with bigfoot permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago my mother took one photo of me walkin like this and now my entire family is obsessed with bigfoot permalink fedilink source parent
