-Xi and company launch another lavish round of humble brags in accordance with CCP's obsessive-compulsive protocol and lip service to ideals replete with sour-puss shots and hints of toxic self-regard
(Guizhou Xijiu Maotai ad on clock)
The people's square where China's youth once put on spirited peaceful protests and erected the Goddess of Democracy is hijacked by Xi and company to stage a stuffy, soulless, goose-stepping, sieg heil circle jerk.
Hail Xi, hail our communist heroes!
Heralding in the era of Xi Jinping thought, Xi Jinping diplomacy, Xi Jinping politics, Xi Jinping worship on the eve of National Day.
Control is more important than content
Clockwork moves timed to wow the easily-impressed
Hail Victory!!!
More good Xi news...Xi meets aeronautic engineers who designed the C919, China's homemade passenger jet.
Xi deigns to congratulate them for their hard work but they burst into spontaneous applause, applauding him.
Then they stand as stiff as toy solders looking off into space so as not to entrap the gaze of the paramount leader.
Xi instructs top engineers in the finer points of aircraft design.
The nose of the plane should go up like this when it flies...
Wait! How did they get that jet inside the Great Hall?
Oh, it's file footage from a hangar somewhere.
It's banquet time. But first they have to stop clapping.
Xi sits contentedly with his back to the keynote speaker, Premier Li Keqiang
When Li Keqiang speaks, nobody listens, not even the Olympic athletes.
What's on the menu?
Everyone gets three glasses of water and wine filled to the exact same level, and one giant peach per head.
Foreign envoys are received by Premier Li.
-Mask rules apply here
-Bowing Japanese-style is the new handshake
Still working on how to bow...
Xi being trailed by the politburo in rank order
China has happy foreign friends offering their heartfelt congratulations to the fest of self-congratulation.
In other news, Putin says the Nord Stream explosion was the act of international terrorists.
During this time of trouble, the restive populace is sure to be calmed by this new publication highlighting Xi Jinping's penetrating insights into high-level science
Yet another publication by the world's greatest freelance writer:
Xi Jinping Thought on Strong Military
Why read it once when you can read it three times?
The next ten minutes is devoted to some reassuring, inspirational shots of Xi Jinping who has total control of the military and wants the world to know it.
Patrick Chovanec, a consultant at Silvercrest Asset Mgmt has done some China virtue-signaling by compiling photos about the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations, an event he evidently knows little about.
(a thread)
To do this, he compiled over a dozen of my photos on his blog , and when I brought this to his attention, he made no effort to credit the photos or reveal where he got them from. patrickchovanec.com/about/
Some of the photos now have a life of their own on the internet, including the above photo, (caption by Chovanec) which has been used by conspiratorial pro-China bloggers as proof of a "color revolution."
;-)
A political bible with quasi-religious overtones is unveiled like a holy relic.
A book by Xi Jinping! In English!
CCTV news shows the entire table of contents
Wow. It sure looks like a gripping read. Find a comfy chair, put the kettle on and settle for a long enlightening read.
CCTV FOLLIES: 5.26
China state TV doubles down on dubious Russia claims about "secret" US bio-labs in Ukraine.
(from May 26 Xinwen Lianbo)
Anchor Li Zimeng couches the accusations in the language of Russia's Defense Ministry, but the CCTV editors like the story enough for it to get major airtime.
The Russia Defense Ministry, solid architectural monolith that it is, is portrayed as a presumably authoritative source.
Read all about it! Top of the news! Yet another much-heralded publication by the indefatigable freelance writer Xi Jinping, whose excessive narcissism is nicely balanced with pictures of himself.
Up next, a nostalgic look back to 2017 when this man was laying the foundation of today's greatness.
Among many, many other incredible, almost super-human accomplishments, he created a city out of dust.