Chinese Zoo: That is a real bear!

[Mai72]

You be the judge. IMO, that is a human in a bear costume.

 

[Iron Woode]

 

[Zeze]

There was a huge reddit thread on this with tons of additional pictures and videos of that type of bear in general.

It's real. The costume-like folds are real too.

Just look at the wet mouth when it opens. You can't fake that.