Unofficial air force badge all the rage in Taiwan
Patches depicting a Formosan black bear holding a Taiwanese flag punching Winnie the Pooh at a shop in Taoyuan. Some of Taiwan’s air force pilots are wearing the iron-on patches as a defiant message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, often satirised for looking like Winnie the Pooh. – AFP pic, April 11, 2023.
PATRIOTIC badges showing Winnie the Pooh being punched in the face by a Taiwanese black bear – a humorous dig at China’s leader Xi Jinping – have gone viral across the self-ruled island. The iron-on patches being worn by some of Taiwan’s air force pilots are a defiant message to Xi, who is often satirised for looking like the honey-loving cartoon bear.
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