Military enthusiasts were quick to point out that the downing of the balloon marked the first air-to-air 'kill' for the F-22 Raptor fighter jet despite it being in service since 2005. Live footage of Xi Jinping testing the new spy balloon #memes /4E6o5CTCr9- Memes February 5, 2023 In 2018 Disney's Winnie the Pooh film, 'Christopher Robin', was denied release in China. The lovable but dimwitted bear then became a symbol of dissent in China and government censors soon started erasing images mocking Jinping on social media. In 2014, a photographed handshake between Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was matched with an image of Pooh gripping the hoof of his gloomy donkey friend Eeyore. Some used the drama as an opportunity to mock Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has reacted negatively in the past to lighthearted suggestions he looks like Winnie the Pooh.Ĭomparisons between Xi and Pooh first emerged in 2013, after Chinese social media users began circulating a pair of pictures that placed an image of Pooh and his slender tiger friend 'Tigger' beside a photograph of Xi walking with then-US president Barack Obama. mocked the his father by suggesting an inflatable balloon depicting the former president as a baby should be flown over China in retaliation
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