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Nov 27 18 tweets 12 min read
CCTV FOLLIES 11/27 What protests?

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. Image
From Shanghai to Beijing, new businesses are doing well ImageImage
Foreign Minister Wang Yi warmly welcomes the new Russian ambassador to Beijing. ImageImageImageImage
Xi Jinping dispatches Covid Czarina Sun Chunlan to the field to quell unrest and lagging cooperation.

Like a latter-day Jiang Qing, she is good at hectoring.

or in CCTV speak:

"Chinese Vice Premier urges firm, decisive measures to win battle against COVID-19 in Chongqing" ImageImageImageImage
The implementation of the Zero-Covid discipline is unwavering but subject to optimization.
Get used to the white suits, they aren't going anywhere. ImageImageImageImage
Meanwhile, speaking of white stuff, the snow is general in north China including Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Gansu. ImageImageImage
In other places it's wet and slushy. ImageImage
The Beijing Winter Olympics were such a resounding success that sports involving the manufacture of snow and ice are to be promoted. ImageImage
Breaking news from Russia:
The US is guilty of over 200 biosafety incidents.
Must be true. The Russian Ministry of Defense says so. ImageImageImageImage
The news has a distinct Russian accent on this day of no importance when nothing happened in China. ImageImageImageImage
But the really shocking story is from Germany.

The price of milk has gone up! ImageImage
France is having trouble maintaining its ski resorts.
Blame it on "energy woes" (which in CCTV code means unfair US sanctions that curb the smooth flow of Russian gas to Europe) ImageImageImageImage
It's a humanitarian disaster. Adjusting to higher energy costs, the resorts have hired fewer snow movers. ImageImageImageImage
If business is slow, blame the US. Image
England is no exception to US perfidy. Due to US-provoked energy woes, the UK will not be lighting the high streets with fairy lights and Christmas decorations to the same extent as in previous years.

(News like this is enough to make you want to go out and demonstrate) ImageImageImage
Maybe that's why CCTV has partnered with several big distilleries to bring you the news with a classy touch.
And to help viewers relax a bit and not think too much. ImageImage
After three liquor ads, it's time to wrap up CCTV's comprehensive look at China and the world

Gan Bei!!! ImageImage

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CCTV FOLLIES 11.29 Xi on the top of the world

-Ten year's of success under Xi
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Nov 28
CCTV FOLLIES 11.28 China's clarion call to the world

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Nov 27
Lone protester on shopping street in Chengdu
His banner expresses mourning for his unlucky compatriots in Urumqi.
singing the Internationale in Chengdu despite protestation of teacher
Shandong University post:
"I'm not a foreign force, I'm a Chinese citizen.

Shandong truck driver gets locked down on the spot in his cab which is sealed to prevent legal exit.
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Nov 27
NOT CCTV NEWS 11/26 A day of spontaneous protest

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. ImageImage
Haizhu in Guangzhou is seeing white suits upgrade to a more weaponized look. ImageImage
Chongqing people, sick and tired of lockdowns are literally kicking down walls.

A lone protester silently remembers the lost souls in the Urumqi fire. ImageImage
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Nov 26
CCTV FOLLIES 11/26 What's not on the news?

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. ImageImage
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. ImageImageImageImage
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 Image
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Nov 25
CCTV FOLLIES 11/25 Another nothingburger news day

Outside the studios of CCTV, things seem to be heating up. Big news.
You won't see it on the news, but you can sense it.

Chinese social media is awash with troubling images from all four corners of China.
The current brutal suppression of worker protest in Zhengzhou is well documented...
But Urumqi, which has been under a very long lockdown is also stirring with serious unrest
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