Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Xi reappears - Xi led the Standing Committee, the rest of the Politburo, and many other top leaders on a visit to the “Forging Ahead in the New Era“ exhibition in Beijing, “an exhibition on the great achievements of the Party and the country over the past decade”. At a speech for the opening of the exhibition Wang Huning said “The fundamental reason why historic achievements and historic shifts have been made in the cause of the Party and the country is the helmsmanship and leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the sound guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era 新时代之所以发生伟大变革，根本在于习近平总书记掌舵领航，在于习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想科学指引”.
Look who's alive, and still very, very much in charge.
I showed my father-in-law the original sets of Tweets and explained the background, culminating in something along the lines of：
"Look, I'm sympathetic to the oppression the Falun Gong went through, but the media ecosystem they've created here among the Overseas Chinese community seems to be run by insane people and the mentally disabled. It's a complete shitshow that has no real reporting or analysis, just people making stories up. None of it is reliable, and it's poisoned the Chinese-language media ecosystem in the US badly."
Xi reappears; More tax and fee relief; Patriotic films; Ding Jiaxi
"wish I understand the political logic of setting a target that just about everyone assumed was too high"
Sounds like "working towards the Chairman."
Look who's alive, and still very, very much in charge.
I showed my father-in-law the original sets of Tweets and explained the background, culminating in something along the lines of：
"Look, I'm sympathetic to the oppression the Falun Gong went through, but the media ecosystem they've created here among the Overseas Chinese community seems to be run by insane people and the mentally disabled. It's a complete shitshow that has no real reporting or analysis, just people making stories up. None of it is reliable, and it's poisoned the Chinese-language media ecosystem in the US badly."