Thread by @jinpeili

CCTV FOLLIES: 12.15 Xi delivers speech by letter
-Read-out of diplomatic "speech" sent by letter
-More from archives (no photos of Xi since Arabia) -Paramount leader takes a few days off as Covid rips?
-Spirit of 20th soars
-Covid totally under control
-Russia blasts Ukraine

Xi (not shown) mails it in:
"Xi delivered a written speech at the opening ceremony of the 15th China-Latin America Entrepreneurs Summit."
"More benefits to the people of all countries including Latin American and Caribbean countries"

He deserves a few days off. The conomic accomplishments under Xi are simply amazing

It's one of those news days where the pictures are pretty but nothing is fresh.

Xi instructs.

Xi the diplomat engages in a charm offensive in Bali

Xi's signature PILOT FREE TRADE ZONES proliferate
(the boats are not pilot free, are they?)

Belt and Road runs through Russia
It makes for more and more friends around the world

A capstone of this amazing year under Xi was the glorious, victorious 20th party congress in October.
(the one where Hu Jintao got dragged off stage)

The good news of the 20th continues to reach every nook and cranny in China.

(Who has time for Covid when there's so much guidance in the comprehensive report of the 20th congress?)

The good word has reached Xinjiang. The natives are spellbound by the news.
The little boy wears a nice ap.

It's been an amazing year. Productive, yet green.

The white birds soar.
China loves nature, nature loves China

In other news, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism holds another press conference in Beijing
What's going on with Covid?

The CCP has got you covered.
Effective medicine is being delivered to the people, and when there's not enough of that, Chinese traditional medicine will do just fine.
Pharmacy shelves are well-stocked.

And more testing kits and medication are on the way.

Only 2000 new cases reported in the last day, pretty good for a country of over a billion.

Abundant harvest reflects well on the paramount leader

Meanwhile, Russia is blasting its way into Ukraine.

CCTV likes to be fair and balanced, so you get this picture of a Ukrainian soldier holding his ears because the US-supplied weapons are so noisy.

But it's really all the fault of NATO:
-NATO should be abolished
-NATO caused the grain shortage and energy shortage.

England is in for a cold winter and a bad economy.

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