Winnie The Pooh banned in China

Winnie The Pooh has been banned in China.

While officials have not given a reason, some believe it is because the fictional bear been compared to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the past.

Pictures of Winnie the Pooh have been banned on Chinese social media in a clamp down on politically‑sensitive references to the lovable little bear.

Authorities have deleted online comments referencing ‘Little Bear Winnie’ ‑ Pooh’s Chinese name ‑ leaving users with error messages telling them, “This content is illegal’.

Stickers featuring the bear, the most famous resident of the Hundred Acre Wood, have also been removed from WeChat ‑ a messaging app used by 889 million people in the country.

No explanation for the ban has been given by officials, but the bear ‘of very little brain’ has been compared to Chinese President Xi Jinping in the past and the crackdown comes in the run‑up to China’s 19th Communist Party Congress.

Chinese social media users have been testing the boundaries imposed on the lovable creation.

Source: Mirror.co.uk