Tractors plow fertile fields
Flowers blossom everywhere
Mist hovers over winding rivers and streams...
and a VIP motorcade can be seen mounting the hills
A shy, humble leader emerges from the bushes....
Are they really peaches? They look so big and round. They look like balloons....
The paramount leader has but to point at things, and a thankful nation applauds, clucks, lows and dances.
In other news, the world is not a happy place, as CCTV reporters are quick to point out from the earthquake zone...
The camera crew is skillful, the images are sad, but it's the reason for all this suffering that really gets one angry...
"It's all because of those Western sanctions..."
Unlike the callous West, China cares...
Rescue workers proudly represent China.
In fact, on CCTV you won't see aid workers from anywhere else, though sometimes one or two locals can be detected on the edge of the frame...
China is front and center when it comes to rescue work in Turkey.
Meanwhile, Russia does its thing...
Making the world safe for dictatorship
Already, the skies are turning blue over Ukraine...
A Russian armed rocket, what a sight to behold.
Despite this excellent firepower, the US and UK are spoiling Russia's victorious march into Ukraine.
They provoke conflict and provide weapons to the stubborn country that Russia is trying to sway and win over.
It's so unfair!
Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry is outraged at US behavior. What gives the US the right to meddle so?
An American journalist has tossed a bone that was quickly and greedily picked up by the commissars in Moscow and Beijing , a bone they just can't let go of.
For 5 days in a row, a controversial but accomplished journalist named Seymour Hersh has been big news on Xinwen Lianbo.
The Nord Stream pipeline no longer delivers gas, but it is certainly producing a lot of hot air.
In other news, the US is a hotbed of dark, grimy criminal undertakings and violence.
Don't go there! (especially Chicago)
And that's the world today, as seen from this studio in peaceful, prosperous, harmonized Beijing.
During this time of trouble, the restive populace is sure to be calmed by this new publication highlighting Xi Jinping's penetrating insights into high-level science
Yet another publication by the world's greatest freelance writer:
Xi Jinping Thought on Strong Military
Why read it once when you can read it three times?
The next ten minutes is devoted to some reassuring, inspirational shots of Xi Jinping who has total control of the military and wants the world to know it.
Patrick Chovanec, a consultant at Silvercrest Asset Mgmt has done some China virtue-signaling by compiling photos about the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations, an event he evidently knows little about.
(a thread)
To do this, he compiled over a dozen of my photos on his blog , and when I brought this to his attention, he made no effort to credit the photos or reveal where he got them from. patrickchovanec.com/about/
Some of the photos now have a life of their own on the internet, including the above photo, (caption by Chovanec) which has been used by conspiratorial pro-China bloggers as proof of a "color revolution."
;-)
A political bible with quasi-religious overtones is unveiled like a holy relic.
A book by Xi Jinping! In English!
CCTV news shows the entire table of contents
Wow. It sure looks like a gripping read. Find a comfy chair, put the kettle on and settle for a long enlightening read.
CCTV FOLLIES: 5.26
China state TV doubles down on dubious Russia claims about "secret" US bio-labs in Ukraine.
(from May 26 Xinwen Lianbo)
Anchor Li Zimeng couches the accusations in the language of Russia's Defense Ministry, but the CCTV editors like the story enough for it to get major airtime.
The Russia Defense Ministry, solid architectural monolith that it is, is portrayed as a presumably authoritative source.
Read all about it! Top of the news! Yet another much-heralded publication by the indefatigable freelance writer Xi Jinping, whose excessive narcissism is nicely balanced with pictures of himself.
Up next, a nostalgic look back to 2017 when this man was laying the foundation of today's greatness.
Among many, many other incredible, almost super-human accomplishments, he created a city out of dust.