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by refurb 1522 days ago
Precisely. It's all "spin", every government does it, China is an expert at it.

Things go well: CCP success story and demonstration of superiority of China (note, not the Party, because "the people and the party are ONE")

Things go poorly: Local government incompetence, foreign interference, reactionary saboteurs "picking fights and quarrels"