Taiwan Air Force mocks Chinese President Xi Jinping with patch of Winnie the Pooh being punched

Taiwanese residents are speeding to purchase a patch worn by members of its air power that mocks Chinese President Xi Jinping amid escalating tensions between the island and mainland China. 

The patch reveals a Formosan black bear, which is native to Taiwan, holding Taiwan’s flag whereas punching Winnie the Pooh, which Chinese language dissidents have more and more used to mock Xi as a result of his supposed resemblance to the fictional teddy bear. 

The patch has the phrase, “SCRAMBLE!,” on the backside, which seems to be a nod to the Taiwanese Air Pressure’s efforts to fight near-daily incursions by China’s military in latest months. 

A picture of a Taiwanese Air Pressure pilot sporting the patch was posted to social media final week. 

“The place can we get a patch like that! Assured to be greatest sellers!” Taiwan’s de facto embassy in america responded on Twitter. 

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Chinese language censors have more and more cracked down on photographs that evaluate Xi to Winnie the Pooh lately. Final month, a horror movie that options Winnie the Pooh was scrapped in Hong Kong and Macao. 

China’s President Xi Jinping appears to be like on as he attends a session in the course of the G-20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov. 16, 2022. (WILLY KURNIAWAN/POOL/AFP through Getty Pictures, File)

In 2018, Disney’s animated movie “Christopher Robin,” which incorporates Winnie the Pooh as a outstanding character, was denied launch in Chinese language theaters. That very same 12 months, China reduce off entry to HBO after host John Oliver criticized Xi for being delicate to the comparisons. 

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Alec Hsu, the designer of the patch that’s now going viral in Taiwan, advised Reuters that he began promoting it in his store final 12 months and has seen a latest spike in orders. 

“I needed to spice up the morale of our troops via designing this patch,” Hsu advised the information outlet. 

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A number of dozen Chinese language plane and naval ships staged military drills round Taiwan over the weekend, prompting the Taiwanese army to place their air power and navy on alert. 

It comes after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to the U.S. final week to fulfill with Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and different lawmakers.