On January 18, Xi Jinping inspected the preparatory work for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, and the gray-blue coat he wore was brought “on fire”. (Photo source: video screenshot)
When Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, visited Beijing and Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province to inspect the preparations for the Winter Olympics, the gray-blue coat Xi wore was on social media and sold for 9,000 yuan on Tmall.
January 18, Xi Jinping in Beijing to inspect the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Paralympic Games preparatory work. Xi Jinping came to the Beijing Gymnasium in Haidian District, Beijing and the National Alpine Ski Center and National Snowmobile and Bobsled Center in Yanqing District, Beijing to investigate and research.
According to comprehensive media reports, the coat was advertised on the official website of Tmall, an e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba, at a price tag of 9,000 yuan.
The coat worn by Xi Jinping has been all over news platforms and social networks, sending the shares of the manufacturer of the coat soaring 10 percent.
According to reports, this is Xi’s fourth visit to Beijing’s Winter Olympics preparation progress, which shows the importance Xi attaches to the Winter Olympics. It is reported that the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics are scheduled to take place in early February 2022.
The current global Epidemic continues to heat up, with new confirmed cases in Beijing’s Daxing district, where people are lining up for nucleic acid testing. Videos and photos from Weibo show long lines of people waiting to be tested in the cold wind for hundreds of meters.
It is uncertain whether the outbreak will be quelled by February next year. However, outside analysis suggests that Xi’s visit has the effect of endorsing Beijing’s Winter Olympics as scheduled.
Taiwan‘s Central News Agency (CNA) reported that the Beijing Winter Olympics are of great importance to the Communist Party, Beijing and Xi Jinping, and have received as much attention as the 2008 Beijing Olympics. If the Beijing Winter Olympics can be held as scheduled, the CCP can use it to satisfy its so-called national pride, which is in line with the CCP’s current need to maintain stability.
The report suggests that for Xi Jinping personally, the Beijing Winter Olympics will be seen as a major political achievement for Xi. The Communist Party is currently facing a major impact from the plague and economic decline, with frequent voices of discontent within the party, civil discontent and social tensions intensifying and unrest. Xi Jinping urgently needs to use a major event to divert attention and transform conflicts.
It is worth noting that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan have been repeatedly postponed due to the global pandemic of pneumonia in Wuhan, and no specific date has been set.
A few years ago, Xi Jinping’s unexpected visit to Beijing’s long-established Qingfeng bun store sparked a bun fever, with hundreds of customers lining up to buy buns and wait for a photo at the seat where Xi had dined. Ironically, despite the fact that Xi Jinping personally “brought the goods”, Qingfeng baozi has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. For example, in October 2015, two branches were ordered to temporarily shut down after customers found dead insects in their meals. A month later, another outlet was also reported to have metal scraps from a stainless steel scrubber in its congee products.
A recent outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia in Beijing again saw two employees of the Jiuxianqiao branch of Qingfeng Baozi diagnosed, and as the local case emerged in the store it also sparked heated debate on the internet, with netizens jokingly claiming that “the buns Xi Jinping brought in were toxic” and “Qingfeng Baozi store became the source of Wuhan virus infection”
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