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Chinese President Xi Jinping may have control of his country's social media, but nothing saves him from the Philippines' troll masters.
Filipinos who criticize Xi, who arrived in Manila today for a two-day state visit, have expressed their disapproval of social media in all sorts of creative ways.
Of course, dragging Xi would not be a "win" without memes featuring Winnie the Pooh. A group of Twitter users greeted him with cartoon bear memes that adored honey.
"Welcome to the PHL … Mr. Chinese President Xi Jinping," Twitter user @simplejped.
@TigerMudra gave an overview of Xi's "welcome snack".
@jellvm shared a gif showing Xi, uh, Pooh's true identity.
Musician and activist Jim Paredes shared this perfect use of Photoshop.
Others were even more creative and drew this caricature shared by @blrsrrccn showing Xi as Winnie the Pooh and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as Piglet.
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The resemblance is strange.
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But the creativity of the Filipino critics does not begin or end with Winnie the Pooh.
Twitter account satirical Malacañang Events and Catering Services posted a poster of "welcome" with a message (not so hidden).
It tells Xi to "fuck our territory".
The poster also calls on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the "chief executive officer of the Philippine Special Administrative Region".
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And trolling has not ended online. Critics from the Philippine and Chinese governments have also protested against IRL (in real life, your old fogy).
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Despite the warming of relations between the Philippine government and China, most Filipinos still have a negative image of the superpower.
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Most Filipinos also believe that the Philippine government is wrong to ignore China's continued construction of structures and the militarization of the disputed Western Philippines Sea region.
This long-standing conflict is arguably the most important issue between China and the Philippines, but many have blamed Duterte for failing to adequately defend his country's demands.
The Duterte administration has, by and large, focused on improving relations with China instead of lowering them.
Duterte invited Xi to visit the Philippines twice before today's visit. This was the first visit of a Chinese president to the Philippines for 13 years.
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