President Xi Jinping sits in the presenter’s chair of Xinwen Lianbo, the 7pm prime-time news programme, surrounded by two hosts and other officials in the CCTV studio. Photo: Simon Song
President Xi Jinping sits in the presenter’s chair of Xinwen Lianbo, the 7pm prime-time news programme, surrounded by two hosts and other officials in the CCTV studio. Photo: Simon Song
Xi Jinping
China /  Politics

China’s top party mouthpieces pledge ‘absolute loyalty’ as president makes rare visits to newsrooms

Xi Jinping visits People’s Daily, CCTV and Xinhua, exhorting them to embody the will of the Communist Party

Zhuang Pinghui
Zhuang Pinghui

Updated: 3:05am, 20 Feb, 2016

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President Xi Jinping sits in the presenter’s chair of Xinwen Lianbo, the 7pm prime-time news programme, surrounded by two hosts and other officials in the CCTV studio. Photo: Simon Song
President Xi Jinping sits in the presenter’s chair of Xinwen Lianbo, the 7pm prime-time news programme, surrounded by two hosts and other officials in the CCTV studio. Photo: Simon Song
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