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CCTV FOLLIES 9.24 Xi hijacks the Asian Games!
Asian Games are all about Xi! -And to a lesser extent, all about China. -And to a lesser extent all about a China-led Asian order -"Triumph of the Will" redux for the digital age!Phil CunninghamSep 24,...
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CCTV FOLLIES 9.28 It's a red, red, red world!
 Mid-Autumn festival falls close to National Day which allows CCTV and the CCP to wrap them both in the same big red flag. -Thank the Party! -Listen to the Party! -Follow the Party!Phil CunninghamSep...
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CCTV FOLLIES 9.29 China loves itself so much!
-It's holiday season! -The news has no news -No clue as to what's really going on -Let us sing praise of the party! -If it's red, it's gotta be good -It's "I love you China!" time on CCTV!Phil...
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CCTV FOLLIES 10.3 ON THE BELT AND ROAD
 China doubles down on faltering Belt and Road -Let it serve to deliver Chinese exports to the world by rail and sea -Happiness is a strong country -Canada is burning, so why does it fuel the...
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CCTV FOLLIES 10.19: A NEW WORLD ORDER!
There's a new world odor and it reeks of fascism -Two imperious dictators set the tone for new authoritarian order -War is peace, Lies are true -Might makes right -Gangsters rule -Cash in or cash...
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CCTV FOLLIES 10.27 "THE HEAVENS ARE WATCHING"
 Li Keqiang's death gets minimal coverage with no room for any remembrance or mourning outside the scope of the carefully-scripted party line obituary which is full of explicit praise of Xi-Xi...
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CCTV FOLLIES 11.8 MASTER OF THE INTERNET
 -An Internet for all mankind -The galaxy brain has spoken -No, Toto, don't pull back the curtain on censorship! -Information control with Chinese characteristics! -Good journalists tell good...
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THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM HAS A PROBLEM
             THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM HAS A PROBLEMA science fiction saga so bleak that the sight of three men spilling beer on the ground in a field infested with locusts is a stirring testament to...
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ESSAY: CHING CHANG HANJI
  ESSAY: CHING CHANG HANJIA century and a half of Sino-British history is recapitulated in a Sino-British spat over "rights" to a public piano at St. Pancras station in London.Jan 24, 2024Listen to...
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CCTV FOLLIES 1.30 IF THE PLA SINGS, CAN SPRINGTIME BE FAR AWAY?
-Beijing Spring blooms in boots and khaki!-Military sings praise of self! Â Â -A very special guest today! -Xi bounces back from week's absence in top form! -Li Qiang gesticulates! Â Â Â Â -China news is...
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CCTV FOLLIES 1.31 BEIJING WATCHING U.S.
  Foreign news riveted on the Middle East -CCTV watching US moves closely -American F16 crashes off S. Korea -Serving the motherland -Tough crackdown on Sino-Burma border -CCP is savior of quake...
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CCTV FOLLIES 2.2 TRIUMPH OF THE WILLIES
 A big part of telling China's story well is telling Xi's story well. Today's news is a case study in TV propaganda, making things look good when they're not. A quiet air of desperation prevails.Phil...
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ESSAY: AMERICA IN THE EYES OF CHINESE TV
 Train wrecks, gun violence, rampant homelessness, industrial accidents, racial tensions and never-ending reports of economic gloom confirm the US is in decline. As for foreign policy.... Phil...
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ESSAY: The hard edge of China's soft power
 The 2024 Spring Festival Gala on CCTV had something for everyone. Nubile dancers in gossamer gowns, cross-talking comics and real soldiers playing actors as they lovingly cradle their rifles on stage...
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CCTV FOLLIES 3.28 XI MAKES XIZANG ZING!
 China region formerly known as Tibet zings like never before -Xi Jinping Thought transforms feudal backwater into gleaming, smiling, happy land of loyal, dancing minorities where the birds fly...
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CCTV FOLLIES 4.26 BLINKEN GETS SCHOOLED!!!
 Blinken meeting is top story on the evening news! -Big propaganda win for Xi! -Blinken listens like a good pupil and takes notes -"Win-win and all-win" -China instructs the US to be a part of Xi's...
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CCTV FOLLIES 5.11 XI ODYSSEY IN REVIEW
 The news is all about you-know-who and his conquering of hearts and minds of young and old, peasants and diplomats alike, across the heartland of Europe!May 11, 2024 The screenshots below, all from...
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