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by saagarjha 3036 days ago
> “Winnie the Pooh” — the Xi’s online nickname

Anyone have the backstory for this?

EDIT: I see a couple of links below that compare him to Winnie the Pooh in pictures. Is the intent behind it to be derogatory or is it just poking a bit of fun?

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China bans Winnie the Pooh over internet jokes comparing him to President Xi Jinping

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-18/winnie-the-pooh-fal...

They look really cute together
As far as I've always understood it (I poke around on Chinese internet from time to time), it was mostly just a little joke because Xi is kinda pudgy. I think the backlash is because this kind of messes with an attempted cult of personality.