Thread by @jinpeili

CCTV FOLLIES 10/30
-News opens with various pronunciamentos by Xi
-Xi's puppet politburo shows loyalty thru discipline
-Minorities wear big hats and dance with joy
-Farming stories getting ominous
-War news from Moscow
-US the root cause of all troubles as it "fans the flames"

Li Zhanshu presides over officials as neatly lined up as teacups, all in a row. People, like teacups, are fragile.
Has he already forgotten about Hu Jintao being ejected?
Who's Hu?

Taking notes and doing things in a synchronized way is the new loyalty dance.

Cai Qi instructs in Xi thought
Meetings are getting formal and precise.

Vox populi
Three random, diverse people preface their personal opinions with:
"As Xi Jinping says..."

Another safe bet if you're being interviewed is to preface your praise (obligatory) with "over the last ten years..." (code for the Xi years) or "with the advent of the 20th congress. (code for who knows how many more Xi years)

Minorities are best obedient. If the Han majority thinks they should wear hats and dance, they should wear hats and dance.

Just some random heartfelt opinion by a young leader:
"We are guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era"

A repeat shot of tractors on the march

Agricultural reports are getting ominous.
Full of thrashings, getting plowed over, sorted into tight containers.

Even corn has it hazmat suits.
And every last kernel is checked and quarantined.

add your own metaphor...

Economic indicators up,
Cracking down on Internet insecurities

Stampede in Seoul

But the 20th congress brings good tidings...
and now, over to you, Moscow.

Some Russian Defense Ministry shots
CCTV map

But the real root of "the conflict" is the US which is supplying weapons to Ukraine and "fanning the flames" in its quest for world hegemony.

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