CCTV FOLLIES 11.22 LI QIANG-THE NEW LI KEQIANG?

Xi is back in the picture to lord over a virtual BRICS meeting! -Li Qiang, hidden away, gets the Li Keqiang treatment -Cai Qi's bromance with Xi pays big dividends! -Gaza truce -South Korea thaw?

Back on Chinese soil, there’s no ambiguity about who’s number one. No need for tight editing and clever camera angles of the sort needed at the San Francisco APEC meet where CCTV editors really had to work to create the impression that Xi was always center stage.