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金培力 CCTV FOLLIES at https://t.co/Ytx660bYM5 Fulbright, Knight, Nieman Fellow. @jinpeili.bsky.social @jinpeili@ieji.de

Jul 9, 2022, 12 tweets

CCTV's "news heavy" 7 AM news slot has half an hour of reports on pressing international topics such as how US military aid to Ukraine is fueling the flames of the fire, and then at 7:34 there is a three-minute segment on the assassination of Shinzo Abe, his life and death.

CCTV reporter Niu Lu in Nara watches the hearse carrying Abe start its journey to Tokyo
#abe #cctv #nara #tokyo

There is a brief standup in front of Nara police station where a police press conference is taking place

The police, after making a ritual bow, briefly discuss the suspect in detention who will be moved to jail on July 10

The police enter the residence of the suspect

CCTV then offers a brief summary of Abe's life.

He was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture...

He is the grandson of Kishi Nobusuke

He was first elected to parliament in 1993

and is shown here presenting his credentials to the Emperor with Prime Minister Koizumi looking on

He won several elections and became Japan's longest serving Prime Minister

The former Prime Minister stepped down in 2020

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