In October 2025, it was rumored online that a person claiming to be a China Central Television (CCTV) employee submitted a contribution to an overseas blogger, revealing that political jokes mocking Xi Jinping were circulating privately inside CCTV, and claiming that internal censorship had edited out large amounts of footage of his verbal gaffes and outbursts during public speeches.
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Rumors say a self-proclaimed CCTV employee leaked that the network's editing has retained large amounts of footage of Xi Jinping's gaffes and blunders
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