CCTV FOLLIES 10.24 QIN GANG, LI SHANGFU ARE HISTORY!

Xi's signature does the trick -NPC votes on expulsion of "disappeared" men in procedural veneer -New leaders sworn in -Israel at war -China refuses to condemn Hamas -Upholding peace and democracy!

It’s buried deep in the news, but new officials have been sworn in to replace old ones.

But first some foreign news. Today’s report from Gaza has numerous shots of bomb damage, some of which are movingly composed.