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China celebrates President Xi Jinping in massive exhibition
BEIJING: Intercontinental Missiles, Disinfection Robots and Parts of Moon – The Communist Party of China on Wednesday flaunted the fruits of the decade under the Chairman Xi Jinping before an important meeting expected to prolong his rule.
Thousands of people gathered for an exhibition in Beijing to celebrate “Mr. Xi”New era“just a few days before the party Conference where the country’s political elite are expected to bring Mr. Xi to power for an unprecedented third term.
Visitors take selfies next to the giant Dongfeng-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile outside the entrance to the attraction, set in a palatial 1950s hall due to the structures Soviet designer.
Xi’s representative portraits show the leader handing out awards, welcoming a baby, and surrounded by radiant beautiful women dressed in traditional costumes.
“Xi Jinping’s thought guides our country’s economic construction towards heroic achievements,” one reader commented.
Exhibits encapsulate the party’s message of victory in every aspect of Chinese life, from dried mushrooms in an agricultural pavilion to a laboratory-grown specimen of moon and diamonds demonstrating technical strength of the country.
“It’s monumental,” Wen, a government employee who visited the exhibition with his colleagues, told AFP during a media tour organized by the government. “I feel proud of myself as a Chinese.”
The exhibition is part of a propaganda campaign covering the capital ahead of the opening day of the congress on Sunday.
There is no mention in the displays of criticism of the party under Mr. Xi, who has presided over mass ethnic minority drills in Xinjiang, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. , repression of civil society and tightening restraints on minority culture in Inner Mongolia.
Instead there are photographs of vast cotton fields and grinning farmers at a bountiful apple harvest in Xinjiang, a scale model showing Hong Kong’s integration with other regions. neighboring mainland cities and copies of Xi’s books in Uyghur and Mongolian languages.
Lifelike wax figures dressed in hazmat suits, bottles of homemade vaccines and a disinfectant spraying robot highlight the party’s pride in its no-Covid policy, which Mr. Xi has declared a victory. landmark despite its impact on economic growth.
Around Beijing, billboards and banners stretch across pedestrian bridges urging ideological allegiance to Mr. Xi, often including elaborate slogans printed in font. simple.
Office buildings and shopping malls have set up elaborate floral displays marking the Games.
Zhang LingruiA master’s student, who said the exhibits at the exhibition had impressed her, told AFP: “I feel the superiority of the current socialist system.”
Thousands of people gathered for an exhibition in Beijing to celebrate “Mr. Xi”New era“just a few days before the party Conference where the country’s political elite are expected to bring Mr. Xi to power for an unprecedented third term.
Visitors take selfies next to the giant Dongfeng-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile outside the entrance to the attraction, set in a palatial 1950s hall due to the structures Soviet designer.
Xi’s representative portraits show the leader handing out awards, welcoming a baby, and surrounded by radiant beautiful women dressed in traditional costumes.
“Xi Jinping’s thought guides our country’s economic construction towards heroic achievements,” one reader commented.
Exhibits encapsulate the party’s message of victory in every aspect of Chinese life, from dried mushrooms in an agricultural pavilion to a laboratory-grown specimen of moon and diamonds demonstrating technical strength of the country.
“It’s monumental,” Wen, a government employee who visited the exhibition with his colleagues, told AFP during a media tour organized by the government. “I feel proud of myself as a Chinese.”
The exhibition is part of a propaganda campaign covering the capital ahead of the opening day of the congress on Sunday.
There is no mention in the displays of criticism of the party under Mr. Xi, who has presided over mass ethnic minority drills in Xinjiang, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. , repression of civil society and tightening restraints on minority culture in Inner Mongolia.
Instead there are photographs of vast cotton fields and grinning farmers at a bountiful apple harvest in Xinjiang, a scale model showing Hong Kong’s integration with other regions. neighboring mainland cities and copies of Xi’s books in Uyghur and Mongolian languages.
Lifelike wax figures dressed in hazmat suits, bottles of homemade vaccines and a disinfectant spraying robot highlight the party’s pride in its no-Covid policy, which Mr. Xi has declared a victory. landmark despite its impact on economic growth.
Around Beijing, billboards and banners stretch across pedestrian bridges urging ideological allegiance to Mr. Xi, often including elaborate slogans printed in font. simple.
Office buildings and shopping malls have set up elaborate floral displays marking the Games.
Zhang LingruiA master’s student, who said the exhibits at the exhibition had impressed her, told AFP: “I feel the superiority of the current socialist system.”