CCTV FOLLIES 1.23 A WORLD WITHOUT LIGHT

Another dark day on Xinwen Lianbo! -Not a single picture of the top man, let alone the usual lavish personality cult spread -Li Qiang temporarily rules the roost -The Standing Committee stands up!

Without Xi, rivers will continue to run to the east, the sun will still set in the west

The top news is a rote piece about Xi penning a letter that could have been penned by any random member of his office:

Xi Jinping has replied to a letter from representatives of Kenyan students and alumni at Beijing Jiaotong University encouraging them to continue contributing to the friendship between China and Kenya and between China and Africa.