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Alleged censorship of Taiwan on the World Health Organization’s Facebook page inspired some creative trolling Thursday, with special characters and foreign scripts used to bypass filters that also censored Winnie the Pooh, a character used to poke fun at Chinese President Xi Jinping. The deluge came after Taiwan politicians and social media users shared screenshots showing messages containing “Taiwan†or “Taiwan can help†failing to upload underneath a banner advertising a WHO live-streamed event on the coronavirus. Taiwan has previously accused the global health body of prioritising politics over health, saying Chinese “obstruction†had prevented it from attending a key...