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Drawing the News: Xi’s 100 Kilos of Grain [Updated]

Over the weekend, state broadcaster CCTV aired a segment titled “Beginner’s Mind: the Liangjiahe Chapters,” the latest installment in a spirited presidential image-crafting campaign that has followed Xi closely through his five-year tenure. The seven-minute video compiles photos of a youthful Xi with audio clips of the president describing his seven years as a “sent-down youth”  (下放青年) in the northern Shaanxi