The outline of a runway and the extraordinary 9km long artificial island emerged as we approached. We were a civilian aircraft flying in international airspace. But that didn't matter. He got caught in China's biggest and longest Covid lockdown. It was supposed to last four days, then another four, then another. Soon, the hotel staff stopped telling him.
irannews.ru His Chongqing model, however, was arguably the prototype for what Xi would soon unleash on the whole of China. This was unprecedented in the post-Mao era. The two-minute video, from an account with about 1,700 followers, has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. So his ruinous legacy was covered up with reverence. And now, Xi loses no opportunity to channel Mao, even usurping his defunct titles - Great Helmsman, People's Leader, Chairman. But what he seeks is much bigger.