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Xi Zhongxun was rehabilitated by Deng Xaoiping in 1978 and was appointed by Deng as Party Secretary in Guangdong in the 1980s.
Xi Zhongxun was rehabilitated by Deng Xaoiping in 1978 and was appointed by Deng as Party Secretary in Guangdong in the 1980s.
== Comparison of Xi Jingpin to Winnie the Pooh ==
''See also:'' [[China and obesity]] and [[Atheism and obesity]]
In 2018, The Guardian reported regarding a portly Xi Jinping walking beside a lanky [[Barack Hussein Obama]]:
{{Cquote|Chinese censors have banned the release of Christopher Robin, a new film adaptation of AA Milne’s beloved story about Winnie the Pooh, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Winnie the Pooh character has become a lighthearted way for people across China to mock their president, Xi Jinping, but it seems the government doesn’t find the joke very funny.
It started when Xi visited the US in 2013, and an image of Xi and then president Barack Obama walking together spurred comparisons to Winnie – a portly Xi – walking with Tigger, a lanky Obama.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi China bans Winnie the Pooh film after comparisons to President Xi], China bans Winnie the Pooh film after comparisons to President Xi, The Guardian, August 2018</ref>}}
[[File:China-Winnie-Xi.jpg|thumbnail|300px|center|China's overweight leader [[Xi Jinping]] is being compared to Winnie the Pooh. As a result, Chinese censors are banning the name and images of Winnie the Pooh on its social media websites.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855 Why China censors banned Winnie the Pooh], BBC</ref>]]
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