CCTV FOLLIES 7.18 Xi Jinping is not missing!!!

-Qin Gang? -Xi shows he's still firmly in command -Make China beautiful! -Xi grabs back media attention frittered away on his missing protege -There is only one faction in China, with Xi at the core!

The paramount leader and voice of the party got word from his social media advisors that a certain subordinate, currently disappeared for political purposes, was getting more media attention than he. Xi put a stop on that with this bracing show of control, reassuring a rattled world that he is in control and everything is as it should be.