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Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week(www.reuters.com)

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DoiDoi [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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Is this supposed to be another example of you not being racist? Comparing the president of china to a yellow cartoon character?

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RandAlThor@lemmy.caOP
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Oh Winnie the Pooh is a common affectionate nickname for Xi on the internet. Do you not know that comrade?

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DoiDoi [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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Yeah I’m fully aware that there are a lot of racists online

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GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Did you know that the “nickname” derived from a myth of the character being banned in China when it is not?

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Landrin201@lemmy.ml
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And the racism, don’t forget the racism!

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