A round-up of the day's non-news around the nation.
First, Urumqi where white-suited police go door-to-door looking for instigators and block public streets.
Haizhu in Guangzhou is seeing white suits upgrade to a more weaponized look.
Chongqing people, sick and tired of lockdowns are literally kicking down walls.
A lone protester silently remembers the lost souls in the Urumqi fire.
Nanjing students hold a vigil to remember victims of lockdown violence and lockdown negligence.
The Zhengzhou protests were dispersed but soldiers armed with heavy weaponry have been spotted pouring into town
Tianjin is seeing small protests, including what appears to be a citizen's bicycle blockade.
Sleepy Beijing University is stirring to life again.
The words of the man on the bridge, Peng Lifa, are repeated in slogans and in campus graffiti.
Students sing the Internationale as police look on.
Memories of a past generation?
Shanghai has seen some of the biggest protests and most vociferous slogans. They have not forgotten the calamitous lockdown of last spring, even though Li Qiang, the official who implemented it was rewarded with a seat on Xi's handpicked Politburo
CCTV FOLLIES 11.28 China's clarion call to the world
News opens at Tiananmen. It features scenes of mass gatherings, enthusiastic youth and heroic accomplishments. It will tell a fairy tale about a nation that has rejuvenated itself under the firm guidance of a very wise man.
Today, the big news:
-Xi welcomes the Mongolian president
-Xi has a meeting with the Mongolian president
-The legendary story of how China rejuvenated under Xi
-Russia strikes military targets in Kherson
The audience is about to begin. Mongolia's president is taken to Tiananmen Square. He treads the VIP red carpet to mount the steps into the Great Hall of the People.
When the going gets hot, CCTV plays it cool.
As protests proliferate in China's cities, CCTV talks about the weather. Let it snow!
-China economy good
-Snow in north China
-Fewer fairy lights on high streets of England this year.
From Shanghai to Beijing, new businesses are doing well
Foreign Minister Wang Yi warmly welcomes the new Russian ambassador to Beijing.
Social media is bursting with images of protest and police citizen clashes across China, but not a peep on CCTV which sails through first ten minutes singing praise of Xi Jinping and the victorious 20th party congress.
Scenes from Hotan in Xinjiang where citizens waving red flag break through police barrier manned by white suits.
Similar street battles reported in Tianjin, Guangdong, Chongqing and elsewhere.
And now the news....
"We have some big stories today..."
-Success of Xi Jinping's 20th Congress
-Success of scientific and correct Covid Policy
-Russia strikes foreign fighters in Ukraine