CCTV FOLLIES 8.8 From the Jetsons to the Simpsons
Xi is still AWOL -Top story full of futuristic images -Li Qiang reads statement -China's Zelensky (Zhang Guoqing) is on the scene in a trendy short-sleeved shirt -Russia wants peace, Ukraine wants war
One way to forget about the woes of the present is to dream about the future and there’s a lot of dreaming going on in Xi Jinping’s Chinese dream. The top story today is about China’s modernization in the New Era which is kick-starting the economy.
CCTV favors ultra-modern shots, lots of robots, automated factories, banks of computers and whimsical modern architecture. The vision of the future is distinctly date, more fantasy a la Jetsons (a circa 1960s futuristic cartoon) than a realistic grip on the world as it is.
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