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A cartoon cat has been vexing China’s censors – now he says they are on his tail
As anti-lockdown protests flared across China’s cities in November 2022, hundreds of thousands around the world were glued to an unlikely source: a mysterious X account, fronted by a cartoon cat.
Cartoon: Unpitiable ending for U.S. gov't-sponsored China-bashing media
"Please good sir! Don't you need us to continue bad-mouthing China?" ...
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Chinese president Xi Jinping can't bear being compared to Winnie the Pooh anymore, so the cartoon cub is now banned in China
But not all cartoon lookalikes are bad. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has enjoyed comparisons to big-eyed, strong-jawed Disney princes; most commonly, Prince Adam from Beauty and the Beast.