CCTV FOLLIES 2.15 LOVIN' CHINA AND LOVIN' IT!

High foreign praise for Xi and his country during new year holiday -Kiribati's cloying kowtow takes the cake -China so green under green giant Xi! -Russia gets mad at Ukraine -Xinjiang is so empty!

Chinese New Year greetings from foreign leaders are posted on the screen today. Set against a bright red background, they are redolent of high praise.

Lao president Thongloun Sisoulith’s superlative greeting, embedded with a tribute to Xi’s high standards reaches new heights:

“High-quality, high-standard, and high-level Laos-China community with a shared future and a higher level of prosperity to the people of both countries.”

Cuba’s Raul Castro says happy new year, and adds: “relations between Cuba and China are full of dynamics and serve as a model of solidarity and cooperation among socialist countries”

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says happy new year, and adds: “the cooperation between Iran and China will continue to deepen at bilateral, regional and international levels.”

But little Kiribati takes the cake, raising abject sycophancy to a new level. Kiribati’s New Year greeting puts praise for Xi above praise of China and highlights Xi’s three noble, global initiatives boost develo…