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Chinese authorities censor pictures comparing Obama, Xinping pictures to Winnie the Pooh, Tigger

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ANI Washington

China's Internet censors have removed posts comparing a photo of President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh and his pal Tigger.

The picture of the two leaders was snapped while they went for a stroll at the Sunnylands estate in California, on June 8.

According to the New York Daily News, sharp-eyed micro-bloggers noticed the uncanny resemblance between them the cartoon characters.

They posted side-by-side comparisons on Twitter-like social media site Weibo, and the images soon went viral.

However, the Communist Party's censors raising objections to the pictures removed them.

 

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First Published: Jun 16 2013 | 11:14 AM IST

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