Chinese Leader Ridiculed as ‘Gang Boss’ by CCTV, Clearly Intentional! Xi Jinping’s Unscripted Speech Reveals Two Significant “Slip-ups”; Xi’s Reduced Grandeur during Shanghai Inspection, CCTV Omits Xi’s Sensitive Words: Chinese Dream Entrusted to “Young People”.
On April 29th, Xi Jinping visited Shanghai for inspection, visiting two main places during his public itinerary. One was the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Mega-model Incubation and Acceleration Platform “Modo Space”, and the other was the headquarters of the cooperative product of BRICS countries, the “New Development Bank”. Xi’s main purpose of this trip was to represent the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership in Shanghai, declaring readiness to confront the United States and attempting to establish another “global order” led by the CCP, using its touted AI technology in the new forefront, driving independent R&D in technology, positioning Shanghai as the Silicon Valley, and establishing a new system through the headquarters of the BRICS’ “New Development Bank” in Shanghai to attract the “southern border of the world”, meaning the poor countries, aiming to counter the dollar system.
The CCP’s official media intentionally created a grand scene to create an atmosphere, not to promote Xi Jinping, but to create a false propaganda atmosphere of the CCP’s confrontation with the United States as if the situation were thriving. Xi Jinping, as an important “actor” in this, instead shows at least three anomalies, as if at a grand party where everyone is happy, suddenly the camera focuses on someone smiling but actually feeling melancholic, even being “teased,” yet having to stay until the end of the party, pitiful and sad.
Xi Jinping in Shanghai is playing such a role. I just mentioned at least three anomalies, aiming to explain this: The first anomaly is Xi’s speech in Shanghai, resembling a departing speech, sharing heartfelt sentiments; the second anomaly is following the incident last year at the Dalian Fushikang Market in Shenyang, where Xi was “tricked” into taking a photo with a steamed bun by CCTV, experiencing “high-class black” treatment, he was again put in an awkward position by the CCP’s media in Shanghai, highlighting the desolation of losing power and being unable to control his fate after losing power, a form of retribution; the third anomaly is that Xi’s Shanghai visit this time, compared to the last one, in late November 2023 after the death of Li Keqiang in Shanghai, was much smaller in scale and grandeur, despite CCTV specially arranging for a grand welcome from the crowd, it was all superficial.
Let’s delve into these three points.
Firstly, Xi Jinping’s speech in Shanghai sounded like a farewell speech. On April 29th, Xi Jinping first visited the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Mega-model Innovation Community “Modo Space”, a symbol of cutting-edge technology in the AI industry, known for its “upstairs and downstairs” structures. Established in 2023, it has over 100 companies stationed there, including the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and the Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology. Xi Jinping addressed a group of young “actors” participating in an artificial intelligence seminar here.
In this brief speech, Xi Jinping did not read from a notebook sentence by sentence like he did when facing Ibrahim in Malaysia, but because he didn’t have a notebook, two clear mistakes emerged. Firstly, Xi intended to say “artificial intelligence, these high-level technologies, are the career of young people,” but mistakenly said “young career” instead of “young people’s career.” Although it may seem trivial, the CCP editors treated it as a big deal, deliberately choosing to repeat the mistake, writing in the written report: artificial intelligence is a young career, “also” the career of young people. By adding the word “也,” the CCP tried to cover up the mistake, which is quite laughable.
Another mistake was mentioning the “great rejuvenation of the nation,” which has been Xi Jinping’s commonplace phrase since taking office over a decade ago. It is always on his lips with the media, but this time in the unscripted speech, he clearly almost skipped the word “rejuvenation” at the end. The omission underscores the true level of CCP leadership and also raises suspicions of being asked to offer “scripted lines.” Nevertheless, compared to Western politicians who can effortlessly talk and debate, it’s quite cringeworthy. Of course, these are just minor incidents and not the main point I want to make.
The key is that the original audio of Xi’s speech in CCTV omitted several key sentences. In the edited original audio, Xi said a sentence to the young people present: “Hope rests on you,” with an obvious cut before that sentence, indicating that some of the original audio was edited out, making this statement not as prominent as it should be, whereas it is extremely important. However, this omitted portion of the original audio was retained in the voiceover narration and written reports by the CCP.
Let’s look at the written report. Xi Jinping’s speech to the young people at the scene was separately reported by Xinhua News Agency, which mentioned: “As General Secretary Xi Jinping said, to achieve the great Chinese dream, hope rests on the young people. Everyone should hold a patriotic heart, have a national spirit, enhance national capabilities, closely connect personal struggles with the future and destiny of the country, run the historical baton well, and shine with brilliant youthfulness on the broad stage of advancing China’s modernization.”
All these are words spoken by Xi Jinping at the scene—two notable points: first, achieving what “great dream” and entrusting hope to young people. Second, running the historical baton well.
The phrase “achieving what great dream,” clearly refers to the “Chinese Dream,” which is the core of Xi Jinping’s rule. Although the “Chinese Dream” has two “hundred-year” goals, Xi Jinping never openly stated that achieving the “Chinese Dream” is someone else’s job—instead, he emphasized that it’s his own task.
According to the official definition, the “Chinese Dream” is a slogan Xi Jinping put forward when he became General Secretary of the CCP in November 2012. On November 29th, he defined the Chinese Dream as “realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” during a visit to the China National Museum exhibition “Road to Rejuvenation” with the then Political Bureau Standing Committee members. Xi Jinping continuously enriched this false theory, and in October 2017, in the 19th National Congress report, formally set the “Chinese Dream” concept as the “Two Centenaries,” one being the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary in 2021 and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC in 2049, with fake promises of national strength, national revitalization, and people’s happiness, etc.
The first 100 years have already passed in 2021, and the realization of those ideals and realities is completely contrary, as the people are becoming increasingly unhappy. The second 100 years will reach 2049 when Xi Jinping will have long been gone. Can he wait until then? He has never addressed this question, but has hinted many times that he intends to complete many of the important tasks of this “Chinese Dream” during his tenure, suggesting a sense of “leaving nothing for the next generation.” Otherwise, how can he achieve his “enduring achievements” and Huangliang Dream?
For example, in promoting the CCP’s so-called ecological civilization construction, Xi emphasized leaving green water and green mountains for future generations, implying that he aims to solve this within his tenure, but this hollow slogan clearly falls short. After over a decade of industrial development following China’s reform and opening-up, many places in China have turned clear rivers and mountains into murky, undrinkable waters. A friend from Anhui mentioned that when he was young in his hometown, the water was abundant, crystal clear, fish plentiful enough for fishing without a net, and several children playing in the water would easily catch the fish. The sky was blue, and there were many birds in the woods.
However, after years of development following the reform and opening-up, the waters turned dirty, unfit for swimming, the number of birds in the woods decreased, and looking up at the sky, the perennial haze veiled a blue sky. Xi Jinping’s slogan at the time implied solving ecological problems within his tenure. Moreover, in terms of so-called “poverty alleviation,” Xi Jinping emphasized “completely eradicating absolute poverty and preventing intergenerational poverty transmission,” even rushing to hold a “National Poverty Alleviation Summary and Commendation Conference” in 2021, hastily announcing the eradication of absolute poverty, yet the reality shows various problems in Chinese livelihoods, making it a blatant lie. Nevertheless, Xi Jinping speaks this way to give himself credit for his achievements.
The most obvious illustration is his attitude towards Taiwan; there is news that Xi Jinping has viewed taking Taiwan as his responsibility since he was young, and he even earned recognition from some within the Communist Party as an outstanding successor because of this. After putting forward the “Chinese Dream,” taking Taiwan has become the focus within Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream, the most crucial point. Xi Jinping has never mentioned entrusting hope to young people. On the contrary, Xi Jinping once stated, “The issue of Taiwan’s unification cannot be left to the next generation of CCP leaders.”
I cite these examples to let everyone know that saying “realize the great dream, entrust hope to young people” is by no means Xi Jinping’s true intention. In May 2023, the CCP media reported Xi Jinping’s message to young people, saying something like, “hope you keep your hearts tied to the motherland,” strive and contribute to the motherland and the people, etc. It did mention that the “great rejuvenation” would become a reality “with the relay struggle of the broad youth.” However, those were vague statements, and things were different when he was in power. Now, at a more sensitive time for Xi Jinping’s authority discussion, bringing up this matter and saying such words, it’s a different story. Xi Jinping’s speech was so clear and precise.
Moreover, as mentioned earlier, another noteworthy aspect of Xi Jinping’s words at the scene was when he said, “Run the historical baton well.” But did you know that when he said this, the Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining, who has high hopes of restoring normalcy, stood behind Xi. Last November, during Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to China, his last stop was Shanghai, where Chen Jining accompanied him. Upon departure, Lee Hsien Loong said, “I also hope to establish new connections with the next generation of Chinese leaders.” The media at the time speculated who Lee Hsien Loong was referring to, and Chen Jining entered the discussion.
Therefore, Xi Jinping’s words in Shanghai, combined with his current significant reduction of power, are indeed profound. Next, I will explain two more anomalies, as I strongly suspect that CCTV deliberately blacklisted Xi Jinping, and also Xi Jinping’s reduced grandeur during his current visit to Shanghai.
On April 21st, the wife of Singapore’s Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Ho Ching, reposted an article on Facebook directly referring to Xi Jinping as a “gang boss.” Typically, the experienced CCP editors should be very savvy in avoiding any suggestive hints. However, during Xi Jinping’s visit to Shanghai, CCTV inexplicably aired the footage of Xi Jinping trying on a pair of black artificial intelligence glasses. Reviews online describe this as resembling a “gang boss.”
Furthermore, during Xi Jinping’s speech at “Modo Space” in Shanghai, CCTV, which meticulously crafts every scene, unexpectedly highlighted a pre-written whiteboard behind Xi Jinping in a shot, displaying an impressive effect. Originally, the whiteboard read “autonomous evolution of the next-generation intelligent body,” but because of Xi Jinping’s position, only the last seven words “autonomous evolution of the next generation” remained on the whiteboard, giving a sense of “automatic delegation of authority,” similar to when CCTV used a local anecdote and quoted a poem from a local legend during Xi Jinping’s visit to Liu Chixiang in Anhui last year, showing a consistent pattern!
The third anomaly is the downgraded grandeur. When Xi Jinping visited Shanghai in November 2023, the scenario was grand, inspecting the Shanghai Futures Exchange, Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Achievement Exhibition, and meeting with leaders of 11 provinces under the “Yangtze River Economic Belt,” showing extreme “honor.” However, currently, Xi convened a discussion with leaders from several provinces and cities, with official media reports showing Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia leaders speaking. Additionally, Xi Jinping in Shanghai, just visited a technology museum and met with a group of “foreigners” at the “New Development Bank,” who are not well-known. It appears less like a leadership visit and more like a retirement trip.
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