Here's another point to consider. If you wear a shirt with "Winnie the Pooh" or even use the phrase "Winnie the Pooh" in China, you will be arrested. Why? Xi kinda looks like Winnie the Pooh. Someone joked about it, he was deeply offended, and Winnie the Pooh became banned If Xi was a white hat, he wouldn't have abused his powers and declared these as banned terms that could get you in trouble
The head of CCP before Xi, Jiang Zeming, was compared to a toad. No censorship was invoked.
Here's another point to consider. If you wear a shirt with "Winnie the Pooh" or even use the phrase "Winnie the Pooh" in China, you will be arrested. Why? Xi kinda looks like Winnie the Pooh. Someone joked about it, he was deeply offended, and Winnie the Pooh became banned If Xi was a white hat, he wouldn't have abused his powers and declared these as banned terms that could get you in trouble