Le average redditor is probably a native English speaker

Also i don't think i like the suggestion that Chinese don't know english.

"Knowing English" and "making subtle references that only work if everyone thinks of a cartoon character's English name" are very different things. I assume that most people seeing Tigger will think of whatever his name is in their native language, regardless of how many languages they speak. You generally don't cycle through different words in every language you know every time you see an image looking to find a pun.

It's possible but it's a really big stretch. It's definitely not the main thing to be criticizing when people are painting an Asian person's skin yellow.