In Eleven Nosotros Trust: Inwardly Directed Chinese Propaganda (Now Amongst To A Greater Extent Than Elephants)

 I am non happy most the mention of our source, to a greater extent than on that after the jump.
Other than that, the analysis itself seems pretty solid.

From Macro Polo:

On Nov 29, 2012, the newly selected Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the “Road to Rejuvenation” exhibit at the National Museum inwards Beijing. With the previous Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) inwards tow, Xi unveiled his vision of the “Chinese Dream” (中国梦)—the unproblematic thought that the CCP’s collective mission to rejuvenate the acre likewise advances the myriad private ambitions of Chinese citizens. Political home aside, Xi used the occasion to clearly articulate what amounts to a mission statement: nether his leadership, the CCP will lead China’s furnish every bit a global power.

Many unusual observers at the fourth dimension dismissed the Chinese Dream every bit unoriginal, a lifting of a distinctively American thought to capture a similar sentiment amid upwardly mobile middle-class Chinese. But such analyses generally missed the point. Xi’s speech, inwards fact, marked the start of a major crusade to reorient domestic policy as well as to overhaul propaganda locomote to back upward this novel agenda. That Xi chose to launch a conceptual idea, rather than economical targets or policies, inwards his get-go of import spoken language every bit General Secretary is significant. Not entirely did it distinguish him from previous leaders, it likewise spoke volumes most the work Xi inherited.

That work was the CCP itself. Most Chinese were good aware that the Party had drifted toward crony capitalism, every bit corruption swelled inside its rank-and-file. The CCP build reached its nadir when the Bo Xilai crisis—in which the populist as well as ambitious leader of Chongqing was purged as well as jailed after his married adult woman murdered a British national—exploded inwards early on 2012, reinforcing the growing cynicism the Chinese world held toward its government.

established inwards 1924, is almost every bit onetime every bit the CCP itself, which was founded iii years before inwards 1921. Since 1992, the propaganda organization has been overseen past times a PBSC member, who heads the Central Leading Small Group on Propaganda as well as Thought Work (CLSGPTW). This organization is responsible for all Party publicity as well as for the supervision of all information domains inwards China and, to the extent possible, abroad. That it was thus of import for Xi to endure the get-go transcend leader since Deng Xiaoping to enshrine his mention inwards the Party Constitution—under the aegis of “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism amongst Chinese Characteristics”—is a testament to the tight command as well as crucial purpose of political aspect nether CCP rule.

In this analysis, nosotros seek to build feel of what nosotros accept dubbed “Propaganda inwards the New Era,” examining what has changed (or not) during Xi’s tenure across several dimensions: bureaucracy, funding, content, as well as effectiveness. We mainly focus on propaganda locomote aimed at domestic audiences rather than on efforts to projection China’s soft ability externally. Combining a hit of information as well as qualitative analysis, nosotros acquaint every bit best an assessment every bit nosotros tin of how CCP propaganda nether Xi (1) has been increasingly controlled past times Party rather than reason bureaucracies; (2) has received increased funding; (3) has markedly improved content quality; as well as (4) has shown effectiveness inwards raising levels of world trust inwards the Chinese government.

The Organizational Backbone of China’s Hearts as well as Minds
Some specialists accept observed that “the to a greater extent than things change, the to a greater extent than they rest the same” amongst regard to Xi’s propaganda locomote compared to that of his predecessors, Hu Jintao (2002-2012) as well as Jiang Zemin (1989-2002). That is true, to an extent: after all, the propaganda organization is nonetheless led past times the CLSGPTW; the means that manages propaganda locomote is nonetheless the ministerial-level CPD direct nether the CCP Central Committee; as well as the Party nonetheless controls the media as well as censors political debate. But since the 19th Party Congress inwards Oct 2017, Xi has overseen an of import shakeup of China’s propaganda apparatus (see Figure 1).

The General Secretary has appointed his political allies to leadership positions inwards the propaganda bureaucracy, exactly to a greater extent than pregnant is Xi’s reassertion of Party command over aspects of propaganda locomote that had been nether reason direction for decades. The practical consequences of these reforms accept manifested inwards the diverse changes to messaging, content, as well as applied scientific discipline adoption. But it probable likewise had an effect on tightening the dependent champaign as well as padding the budgets of Party propaganda organs, which would endure necessary to ameliorate command messaging as well as create high-value documentaries similar Amazing China (see below on propaganda content improvements).

Personnel Changes Important exactly Expected
The swift launch of the Chinese Dream concept signaled that gaining command of the propaganda organization was an early on priority for Xi. In August 2013, Xi set out his vision for elevating propaganda locomote in a speech to the quinquennial National Propaganda as well as Thought Work Conference, where he said the CCP should “do propaganda locomote better” as well as relevant agencies must “maintain a high grade of unanimity amongst the Party’s Central Committee.” Sources after told the South China Morning Post that Xi’s spoken language was genuinely “far stronger” than the summary that appeared inwards reason media. He had evidently urged the Party to endure “combative” online as well as “wage a state of war to win over world opinion” past times forming a “strong meshwork regular army to seize the the world of novel media.”... ...MUCH MORE

Here's the problem. , March 11, 2016:

Macro Polo: "King's Cup Charity Elephant Polo Tournament kicks off inwards Bangkok"

I came upward amongst Macro Polo. For a story most elephant polo!

So I looked at the Macro Polo blog. The earliest postal service is dated June 26, 2017. Aha!!
And I looked at the mean value tank's dates of publication for their diverse papers.
And.....2014. Two years prior to the Climateer post.

Not fifty-fifty simultaneous discovery/invention. And the Macro Polo mean value tank is business office of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago as well as right away I fearfulness I may accept unconsciously internalized the play on words as well as and thus used it without attribution thinking it was my own.

I volition locomote out wearying reader amongst the story of 1 of the greatest polo matches of all fourth dimension every bit I hang my caput as well as contemplate the (possible, who knows at this point) shame I accept brought upon my ancestors.

Macro Polo: "King's Cup Charity Elephant Polo Tournament kicks off inwards Bangkok"

And before I involve heed anyone going off on how the elephants shouldn't endure subjected to the degradation....blah, blah, blah, these are working elephants who deserve a interruption from sometimes heavy physical labor, oft inwards solitude, if there's a problem, that's what should endure bitched about, the elephants seem to taste hanging amongst their elephant buddies as well as anyway, I similar pachyderm polo matchups.

2013's contender betwixt the Australian rugby players as well as the Thai ladyboys existence 1 for the the ages.

From Bangkok's Coconuts:

Pachyderm polo: Elephants rumble inwards Bangkok's urban jungle

H5N1 herd of elephants romped across a Bangkok pitch yesterday for the get-go jibe of a four-day polo tournament raising coin for the animals, which are heralded every bit a national symbol exactly oft dependent to abuse.

Eighteen pachyderms are playing inwards the annual King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, held this twelvemonth on a large champaign inwards the pump of the Thai capital.

During the lumbering as well as unsurprisingly slow-paced matches, a "mahout" handler controls the beasts spell a polo purpose musician who is likewise riding on the elephant's dorsum concentrates on scoring.

This year's tournament sees a motley mix of humans competing, including professional person polo players, New Zealand rugby stars, Thai celebrities as well as members of a transgender cabaret troupe.

Some of the competing elephants are taking fourth dimension out from their twenty-four hours jobs inwards the tourist industry, spell others are domesticated exactly currently unemployed, according to the event's organizers, the luxury hotel grouping Anantara.

It says the cup, right away inwards its 14th year, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities that help Thailand's domesticated elephants, of which in that place are an estimated 4,000....MORE

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Here's a infinitesimal from that 2013 jibe spell the Guardian was roofing this year's edition (2016):