CCTV FOLLIES 8.9 Don't bite the hand that feeds!

Xi still AWOL from the flood -A re-run of the paramount leader picking apples reassures a troubled nation -Real flood heroes are party members -Study Xi Thought!-Chengdu Games a timely distraction

Xi Jinping is still AWOL from the flood. He could be lying low in his bunker batting off coup rumors or lying on the beach in his bathing trunks at Beidaihe, but today’s top story is a re-run of Xi pointing at trees and picking apples. “I want that one!”