Thread by @jinpeili

CCTV FOLLIES 11/23 No News is no news
Nothing on mass riots in Henan, but the news is so eerily calm as to suggest crisis mode.
-Top story: Our beautiful wetlands
- Xi is thinking about the earth
-More scenic shots
-11/21 Henan factory fire gets mention, but not the riots

None of the scenes from the riots in Zhengzhou were CCTV (surprise, surprise)

Instead it was like a David Attenborough special.
"Our beautiful wetlands" led the news and held it for five minutes.

The only "dabai" white suits you see on CCTV this evening are of the winged variety.

None of this

There's much less of Xi than usual which suggests there might be something to rumors he has Covid, or maybe he's just out in the wetlands enjoying the scenery.

The 11/21 factory fire in Anyang gets airtime as the party tries to show how much it cares about the people but not a word about the ongoing mass unrest in Zhengzhou on 11/22 and 11/23.
Stay tuned...

Some old people like to play billiards and eat snacks.
(Another fluff story)

Tianjin follows the spirit of the "20th" and has happy factory workers...

China's Covid control measures are convenient, of service to the people and scientific

The "aren't you glad you live in China" segment is followed by scenes of Ukraine generously provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

Ukraine fights back near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

But it's all the fault of the US and NATO
They provoked Russia!
"NATO's eastward expansion policy is almost like an invasion!"
(Unlike the Russian invasion of Ukraine which can't be mentioned on in keeping with Kremlin line)

The bad news: "The US keeps adding fuel to the fire!"

The good news: ...The master diplomat Putin is still Xi's best friend forever

Here his excellency can be seen meeting Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel

@threadreaderapp compile #scrolly

And that's the nights news from Moscow, erh, I mean Beijing...