He’s sweet as honey — but the Chinese just can’t “bear” Winnie the Pooh. The portly cartoon character has been banned from Chinese social media in light of unflattering memes comparing ...

Winnie the Pooh, the adorable cartoon bear with an obsession for honey, has been censored in China. It’s all apparently due to a meme that makes fun of President Xi Jinping. Specifically, social ...

Users of China’s popular messaging app WeChat and other social media this past weekend found that images and mentions of Winnie the Pooh had been scrubbed from their internet.

And, the editorial went on to note, “It is obvious then that Winnie-the-Pooh, whatever else he is, is not an American.” The repatriation of Pooh is hardly a new cause.