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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_China#Enforcement
While technically true, this appears to be as effective in China has it has been outside it.
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I gotta say, you really can't help get a racist vibe off of the media obsession with comparing a Chinese man to a yellow skinned cartoon character over and over and over and over again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril
That meme started in China and is broadly viewed as a symbol of resistance against the current regime, but okay.
We're not on reddit anymore so both of you can just stop.
I cannot speak to whether or not Chinese people are racist for choosing a yellow cartoon character with which to describe their president. As far as I know, they don't do this. I've only ever heard this from Western media. If Western media is going to be racist, they can do a lot better than comparing someone to a female bear imprisoned in the London Zoo. I don't associate female bears with Chinese men, and I don't think Xi (pronouns: he/him) looks like Winnie the Poo, but hey, maybe some people think that's what he looks like. I sort of thought it was supposed to be a fat joke? Now that you mention it, this does sound like something boomers would come up with... it's not exactly a modern cartoon.
When I said that pornography was banned in China, I was speaking from a place of experience with Chinese corporate censorship. It is true that one can get away with breaking the law in China, simply due to the difficulty of policing such a large population. China has many laws, but some are only enforced in order to tack on more jail time for someone caught for a more serious crime. But, they can sentence pimps and porn producers to death, and they have before... so I guess how one interprets this type of censorship depends on how they feel about that.