CCTV FOLLIES 4.24 AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN XI
Trigger warning: today's news is cut with Xi to the core -Strong stuff unadulterated by journalism -Xi-mobile! -Human wave of Xi worshipers surges! -Foreign reports cut short due to good news in China
“Xi Jinping emphasized during an inspection in Chongqing that Chongqing should benchmark the Party’s central tasks in the New Era and New Journey and the mission entrusted by the Party Central Committee to give full play to its comparative advantages and latecomer advantages and further comprehensively deepen Reform and Opening Up and proactively serve and integrate into the new development pattern striving to promote high-quality development while striving to create an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region and a comprehensive hub for inland opening up in the New Era and show greater achievements in playing the "three roles" and continue to write China's history chapter of modern Chongqing!”
If the Xi-mobile appears after an opening aerial shot, can his rotundity be far away?
“Xi visited a container station where he highlighted the importance of logistics in driving the development of the western region because he said the logistics sector makes up the arteries and veins of the real economy.”
Despite plunging right in, Xi managed to keep his feet dry at the “Chongqing Waterless Port Operation and Scheduling Center of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor”
Xi provides guidance and draws a blueprint for the region's development in the New Era.
Xi: “Efforts should be made to foster a batch of state-owned enterprises with strong core competitiveness bolstering the development of the private economy and stimulate the vitality of business entities under various forms of ownership.”
Xi called for improved pre-planning, precise management and swift response in handling various incidents to ensure cities operate safely and in an orderly fashion.
Note that Xi favorite Cai Qi stands a step forward from the others.
He can do this because he is literally closer to Xi.
The poignant moment when the paramount leader is about depart and reboard his luxuriously fitted Xi-mobile provokes a powerful reaction in the adoring crowd.
First ordinary applause and smiles of delight, followed by a surge, a human wave as the starstruck citizens run in the wake of his rotundity’s departure. This display of abject infatuation shows that North Korea has no monopoly on crazed citizens willing to follow the great leader anywhere at any time.
“When leaving, community residents gathered around to bid farewell to the General Secretary.”
After enduring a full ten minutes of Xi uninterrupted, you turn away from the screen, and wipe the sweat off your brow because you are close to the point of satiation and you wonder if your body and soul can take anymore and then CCTV hits you with the gut-pounding grand finale of yet more explosive and stirring images.
“Xi Jinping has called on southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to further deepen reform and opening-up across the board, and write its own chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour in Chongqing.”
If you ever get invited to a meeting where Xi presides up front slinging the bromides, make sure to pull out your pen. Taking copious notes as a show of appreciation for the paramount leader’s word shower is all but obligatory.
Whew! It’s back to the news.
The anchors were off the air so long during the Xi personality cult segment it probably made for a nice coffee break.
And now, back to the news, news about Xi, of course, about writing a new chapter for China’s west and about Xi’s outreach to Latin America and the Carribbean.
“Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the first China-Latin American and Caribbean States Space Cooperation Forum.”
Well, Xi’s not the only super-mensch in China, but this guy, titular number two Li Qiang, despite a winning smile and a naturally expansive personality has to tread carefully while mixing it up with minorities in Guizhou so as not to sully the big footprint of his master, big Xi.
Titular number three Zhao Leji has been getting less air time and is looking smaller than ever on TV as of late. He’s less at risk than number two because he’s been sidelined already.
“The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission publicly reported eight typical cases of illegal eating and drinking.”
Discipline is the CCP’s middle name and it regularly expels bad seeds and bad apples who are deemed guilty of the routine corruption that pervades the whole party. Even illegal eating and illegal drinking is enough to drag a man down.
“Discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels must take a high sense of responsibility to rectify illegal eating and drinking and severely punish unfavorable eating and drinking behavior and carry out special investigations and strict punishments for areas and systems with outstanding problems.”
As Xi explained: “We should consistently oppose and punish corruption, constantly eliminate the soil and conditions for corruption to breed, and create a clean and upright political ecosystem.”
In other news, there was some flooding in Guangdong but the party has been on the case since the first raindrop fell and the government has been heroic in its response.
“Recently the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have urgently allocated 110 million yuan in central natural disaster relief funds to support flood prevention and relief work.”
