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1: 2022-10-12 11:37:43+08:00 推文

BBC Chinese looks at several political terms in China ahead of the 20th National Congress, with comment from CMP’s David Bandurski. https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-63211713

2: 2022-10-12 12:47:50+08:00 推文

So easy to conclude that Xi will take home all the prizes at the upcoming 20th NC. But that is not necessarily set in stone. Prognostication is a perilous business.

Bill Bishop: Here’s how Xi Jinping climbed to the center of China’s political universe by rewriting the rules
 https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-china-national-party-congress-xi-rules/

3: 2022-10-13 16:50:17+08:00 推文

Summaries and predictions now abound on the 20th National Congress, which will open on Sunday. CMP’s David Bandurski looks instead at a simple but crucial concept: the vision of China’s future as a duality resting on Xi the man and on his “thought.” https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/10/13/the-spirit-at-the-core/

4: 2022-10-14 04:31:42+08:00 推文

RT Bill Bishop
deep dive on possible personnel moves at the 20th Party Congress by Chris Johnson for the Asia Society https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/chinas-20th-party-congress-leadership-reshuffle-stasis-or-sweep

5: 2022-10-14 09:03:59+08:00 推文

Even references to the seen cannot be seen. The control of information and ideas seems to have reached new heights of absurdity. But . . . .

Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️: weibo said the statement “I saw it” “violated rules and regulations” and suspended the user for 60 days
we’ve reached the point where both “I saw it” and “I didn’t see anything” could be illegal

6: 2022-10-14 09:06:12+08:00 推文

Re Such absurdity can be seen throughout the history of the CCP. Here is an example from 1974, when images overlapping on two sides of a newspaper became a scandal. https://medium.com/@cmphku/fatal-errors-74f3a0112363

7: 2022-10-14 09:09:05+08:00 推文

Prominent on today’s front page of the People’s Daily is an article about China’s answers to questions domestic and global — that emphasizes Xi Jinping’s “soaring” innovation of socialism for the 21st century. 1/4 http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2022-10/14/nw.D110000renmrb_20221014_2-01.htm

8: 2022-10-14 09:12:06+08:00 推文

Re When it talks of the critical importance of “banners” for charting the future 举什么旗、走什么路 it is of course talking about the need to rally under the banner of “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era.” 2/4

9: 2022-10-14 09:15:20+08:00 推文

Re This “banner term” will almost certainly be shortened to “Xi Jinping Thought” (习近平思想) at the 20th National Congress in a few days — drawing Xi even with Mao Zedong in terms of the elevation of his personal leadership philosophy and the dominance that comes with it. 3/4

10: 2022-10-14 09:16:51+08:00 推文

Re For more on the dual aspect of Xi’s elevation as the leadership “core” and as the spirit animating China’s future, see David Bandurski’s analysis yesterday, “The Spirit at the Core.” 4/4 https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/10/13/the-spirit-at-the-core/

11: 2022-10-14 09:21:41+08:00 推文

As is typical ahead of the CCP National Congress, we also have today an official chronicle of “major events” in the past five years. This sprawls across eight pages. http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2022-10/14/nw.D110000renmrb_20221014_5-01.htm

12: 2022-10-14 09:27:26+08:00 推文

Re If you choose NOT to read this massive accounting of Xi’s glories, you might opt to read instead the Q&A on page 8, in which an official from the Central Institute of Party History and Literature talks about the process. http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2022-10/14/nw.D110000renmrb_20221014_1-08.htm

13: 2022-10-14 15:27:59+08:00 推文

CMP’s David Bandurski looks at signs that can be read from today’s “A Chronicle of Major Events Since the Party’s 19th National Congress.” Must-read for the event to open in just 2 days. https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/10/14/writing-the-future-into-history/

14: 2022-10-14 15:30:06+08:00 推文

Re The rise in mentions of Xi Jinping in this year’s chronicle represents just over a 25% increase over his mentions in the 2017 chronicle, clearly reflecting his growing profile within the official account of the past five years. The chronicles are nearly identical in size.

15: 2022-10-16 10:01:54+08:00 推文

RT William Yang
The 20th Party Congress is underway in #Beijing, as Xi Jinping slowly walks in and waves at attending delegates.

16: 2022-10-16 10:55:30+08:00 推文

Re Next section about “high-quality development” (高质量发展). There is talk of raising everything, from efficiency and balance to “safety” (of workers etc.). The report is always a wish list, but safety is ever a challenge. For more, China Labour Bulletin: https://clb.org.hk/

17: 2022-10-16 10:59:03+08:00 推文

Re Xi moves on to science and technology development and its importance, including the development of “talent” 人才. He emphasizes education and the creation of “self-reliance in science and tech” 科技自立自强. More from CMP archives: https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/05/31/chinas-turns-up-the-volume-on-self-reliance/

18: 2022-10-16 11:00:27+08:00 推文

Re “Innovation” has a “core role” (核心地位) in national development. Again, self-reliance, and emphasis on “high-level” of self-reliance in science and technology.

19: 2022-10-16 11:01:27+08:00 推文

Re Also finishes with creating a competitive global system that invites talent to join the endeavors of the Party and the nation. [More applause].

20: 2022-10-16 11:02:48+08:00 推文

Re Now on to “people’s democracy” （人民民主). More on what “democracy” means in a CCP context. https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/democracy/

21: 2022-10-16 11:04:04+08:00 推文

Re “People’s democracy” can also refers to tactics like the “Fengqiao experience,” a concept introduced by Mao and favored by Xi. It’s about mass mobilization. https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/fengqiao-experience/

22: 2022-10-16 11:06:06+08:00 推文

Re Xi is now talking about “grassroots democracy” (基层民主). Here is related state media coverage, to be taken with a huge, huge grain of salt. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202210/12/WS6345f81ea310fd2b29e7beb2.html

23: 2022-10-16 11:08:36+08:00 推文

Re Now on to the “building of rule of law” in China. “. . . the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics rule of law.” Great piece from J Cohen on how “Xi wields law as an instrument of comprehensive official power.” https://academic.oup.com/icon/article-abstract/19/5/1882/6365813?redirectedFrom=fulltext

24: 2022-10-16 11:09:51+08:00 推文

Re Xi even emphasizes Chinese traditional culture of law. An interesting question: How has Xi’s CCP attempted to do this in practice? 🤔

25: 2022-10-16 11:11:55+08:00 推文

Re We are now on to Section 8: Culture. Again the path is culture with Chinese characteristics. 建设社会主义文化强国. “Building a strong socialist cultural nation.” Again the emphasis is on “innovation.” But this has real limits within the restrictions of the CCP-led culture itself.

26: 2022-10-16 11:13:21+08:00 推文

Re Now: raising “cultural soft power” and “international influence.” But immediately on to the CCP’s control over the process. Increasing the Party’s governance over a process of development of new media. Many would argue there is a core contradiction here. The CCP doesn’t see it.

27: 2022-10-16 11:15:23+08:00 推文

Re This is today’s front page in the People’s Daily. This is the publication of course meant to lead what China’s calls the “mainstream” (主流), which refers to CCP-led consensus. More in our Dictionary. https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/mainstream/

28: 2022-10-16 11:17:24+08:00 推文

Re Xi just finished cultural section to applause by mentioning a 可爱 and 可信 image of China globally. Loveable and reliable. This came out of the Politburo Standing Committee meeting in May 2021. More of our analysis on that here: https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/06/02/powers-of-persuasion/

29: 2022-10-16 11:19:01+08:00 推文

Re Xi again talking about “common prosperity” (共同富裕), which is about spreading the benefits of economic development through society. This concept has changed throughout the Party’s history. We have an in-depth look here: https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/08/27/a-history-of-common-prosperity/

30: 2022-10-16 11:20:47+08:00 推文

Re Background on Xi defending approach to “common prosperity” and fears about crackdowns on businesses. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60034050

31: 2022-10-16 11:22:28+08:00 推文

Re Xi is on to the next section on the protection of the environment. A key phrase he uses here is 绿水青山就是金山银山 (Green Waters and Green Mountains), which we cover in the CMP Dictionary here: https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/green-waters-and-green-mountains/

32: 2022-10-16 11:24:22+08:00 推文

Re CCP Congresses generally give up little to the outside world in terms of signals. This leaves us to focus on minute details. Who will count the number of throat clearings and tea sips in 2022 versus 2017. Any volunteers? 😂

33: 2022-10-16 11:26:47+08:00 推文

Re We are on to national security (国家安全). All forms of security have been emphasized strongly by Xi Jinping in recent years. “National security” has come up in many cases. Here is one small example concerning the Chinese vehicle-for-hire company Didi. https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/07/22/the-didi-national-security-mystery/

34: 2022-10-16 11:28:15+08:00 推文

Re In examples of permutations, we have “system security” (制度安全), dealing with challenges to the regime, and “ideological security” (意识形态安全), dealing with maintenance of the Party line and media/information control.

35: 2022-10-16 11:31:16+08:00 推文

Re It is definitely a thing, folks, that Xi’s throat is not so great. There is some chatter about this as observers note the pauses. Again, the all-important minutiae of the Congress.

36: 2022-10-16 11:33:18+08:00 推文

Re In other important minutiae, we have to note that Zhang Gaoli (张高丽) is present and did appear in the panning camera. Naturally, outside China he is not inseparable from the case of tennis champion Peng Shuai.

37: 2022-10-16 11:33:56+08:00 推文

Re @jgriffiths Oh, but TRADITION dictates that they must! :)

38: 2022-10-16 11:36:33+08:00 推文

Re We are on to Taiwan . . . Encouraging economic and cultural exchange. “Resolving the Taiwan issue is China’s own matter, to be decided by China.” Want peaceful result, but Xi then voices a hardline on “outside forces” (外部势力). [Long applause]

39: 2022-10-16 11:38:48+08:00 推文

Re On int’l affairs, Xi emphasizes a “comm. of shared destiny for mankind” (人类命运共同体). “History again stands at a crossroads.” Resolute opposition to “hegemony,” to “double standards,” to “interference,” and so on. He speaks of a “new form of int’l relations” (新型国际关系).

40: 2022-10-16 11:40:17+08:00 推文

Re We note that the earlier reference in the report to 不信邪、不怕鬼、不怕压 was directed primarily at the United States and the West. Lately, the term “美西方” (America and the West/America’s West) has emerged in CCP discourse.

41: 2022-10-16 11:42:21+08:00 推文

Re The above could be translated “not believe in wickedness, not fear ghosts, not fear pressure” (不信邪、不怕鬼、不怕压). Essentially, we will stand firm and fearless against external pressure from the US and its allies.

42: 2022-10-16 11:44:54+08:00 推文

Re We are on to the need to unite around the Party and remain loyal. Xi speaks of the need to all become “firm believers” (坚定信仰者) in the ideas, policies, and spirit of the CCP.

43: 2022-10-16 11:49:13+08:00 推文

Re Xi emphasizes again the full belief in the Party and socialism with Chinese Characteristics is the “necessary path” for China. Note: frequent mention of “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era” is essentially mention of Xi’s banner term (旗帜语).

44: 2022-10-16 11:51:21+08:00 推文

Re Xi heading toward the close with “unity is strength“ (团结就是力量). This has been a favored phrase from the CCP’s deep past. https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/04/18/the-ccps-2021-propaganda-blueprint/

45: 2022-10-16 11:53:54+08:00 推文

Re All must “unite” around the CCP’s Central Committee to move forward in the full realization of the modern socialist nation.” This is the goal to which everyone is “united in struggling” 团结奋斗. [Long applause at Xi leaves the podium.] Then Li opens the session.

46: 2022-10-16 11:55:02+08:00 推文

Re Thanks for tuning in! We await the release of the full-text. But perhaps more important will be how state media report on Xi — his banner phrase and other matters.

47: 2022-10-16 12:00:06+08:00 推文

No mention yet in the People’s Daily of a shortened form of Xi’s banner term as “Xi Jinping Thought” (习近平思想). The longer phrase of course figured strongly in the 30,000-plus word chronicle released several days ago. We analyzed that here: https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/10/14/writing-the-future-into-history/

48: 2022-10-16 12:12:33+08:00 推文

For a China-related distraction from 20th National Congress coverage today, we are re-posting our 2016 piece on the absurdities resulting from an extreme information control environment — one of the key characteristics of China in the Xi era. https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/10/16/chance-and-defiance-on-the-front-page/

49: 2022-10-16 12:18:51+08:00 推文

In commentary on CCTV after Xi’s political report, it was mentioned that the version read by Xi Jinping was not the full-text version of the report. Once the full version is released, there could be more surprises. So far, though, no real surprises stand out.

50: 2022-10-16 17:13:33+08:00 推文

But you have earned such admiration! :)

William Yang: I must be crazy for trying to translate the whole speech by Xi Jinping.

51: 2022-10-16 19:34:20+08:00 推文

The last time there was a pronounced difference between the report as read by the general secretary and the full-text version of the report was at the 16th National Congress of the CCP in November 2002, 20 years ago. That was delivered by a very elderly Jiang Zemin.

China Media Project: In commentary on CCTV after Xi’s political report, it was mentioned that the version read by Xi Jinping was not the full-text version of the report. Once the full version is released, there could be more surprises. So far, though, no real surprises stand out.

52: 2022-10-16 19:37:06+08:00 推文

Re Combine this fact with Xi’s frequent sips of tea and throat clearings and one wonders if there was a consideration of the physical toll required to deliver the full report.

53: 2022-10-16 19:38:04+08:00 推文

Re One of a number of stories from Chinese-language media outside the PRC making related observations. https://udn.com/news/story/123078/6690414

54: 2022-10-16 19:44:27+08:00 推文

Re It’s also interesting to note how the microphone was adjusted at a number of points as Xi paused to cough and clear his throat. At a few points, it almost seemed there had been technical glitches — but this was of course done to ensure the coughs were not broadcast too loudly.

55: 2022-10-16 20:37:09+08:00 推文

The report Xi delivered live today was not the full report. Here is a quick link to download the full version in Chinese + a brief rundown of why there was possibly a gap. https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/10/16/the-long-and-short-of-xis-political-report/

56: 2022-10-16 22:31:51+08:00 推文

“’Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism With Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’ is a crown that’s too heavy to wear,” said David Bandurski. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/15/world/china-party-congress-xi-jinping

57: 2022-10-16 22:32:47+08:00 推文

“It’s not just about ideas, it’s really about signaling a leader’s power and legacy,” David Bandurski, the co-director at the China Media Project, a research program that analyses the country’s media landscape, said. http://nbcnews.com/news/world/china-communist-party-congress-xi-jinping-third-term-zero-covid-rcna51613

58: 2022-10-16 22:45:11+08:00 推文

RT Lingling Wei 魏玲灵
Check out @WSJ’s real-time coverage on Xi Jinping’s quest for a third term:

Xi’s power, by @bychunhan

Xi’s drive, by @JChengWSJ

Xi’s iron fist, by @lizalinwsj

More to come … https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-china-anticorruption-11665925166?mod=hp_lead_pos7 https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-congress-xi-jinping-us-11665753002 https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-do-chinese-people-think-of-xi-jinping-its-very-hard-to-tell-11665664627?mod=series_xichina

59: 2022-10-16 23:00:31+08:00 推文

Hats off.

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢: Someone made out the seat map of the Presidium of the #20thPartyCongress. Doing that requires quite some work, patience and a good memory and facial recognition ability.

h/t @mybigcharacterposter

60: 2022-10-16 23:01:47+08:00 推文

As fair a summary as most.

Bill Bishop: now that he is awake he gave me his first hot take about the report: “too much struggle, not enough treats”.
 https://twitter.com/niubi/status/1581619215156809728

61: 2022-10-16 23:07:12+08:00 推文

Just a note here for accuracy that this is a “political report” 政治报告 (CCP) not a “work report” 工作报告 (government).

Joseph Torigian: A thread of reactions to Xi’s speech.
The work report was unambiguously about continuity. I think I’ve read almost everything he said here somewhere else. Although historic, this Congress will almost certainly not signify fundamental new policy directions.

62: 2022-10-16 23:09:07+08:00 推文

RT Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦
Re As most of you probably know by now, the official report is longer than the version that Xi Jinping delivered. He left out some key things on Taiwan in his oral summary. 1/n

63: 2022-10-16 23:18:27+08:00 推文

RT Manoj Kewalramani
It’s really good to see Indian journalists in Beijing covering the Congress. Indian newsrooms should be investing in more of this for us to understand China better and less of desks picking up Twitter rumours as news.

Ananth Krishnan: With @anshu13 and @spatranobis at the 20th Congress opening

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