China's official media published photographs and reports on Chinese President Xi Jinping's meetings with
the foreign visitors. His meeting with the UN Secretary General was specifically reported as was his meeting
with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Xi Jinping told him “China and Egypt share similar visions
and strategies in defending their own interests”. The People's Daily, Beijing Daily, Guangming Daily, CDIC
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Daily and PLA Daily prominently published reports and photographs of Xi Jinping on their front page and
page 3. The People's Daily published a photograph and report on Peng Liyuan on page 3 while it published
a photograph of Politburo Standing Committee Members Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, and Wang Yang on page
4. Peng Liyuan met with María de Lourdes Alcívar, the wife of the President of Ecuador.
The People's daily, Beijing Daily, CDIC Daily, PLA Daily, Guangming Daily and the Economic Daily
published photographs of Chinese President Xi Jinping and detailed reports of his meetings on their front
pages.
However, others published only detailed reports of Xi Jinping's meetings without any photographs and
usually as one composite article under one headline. These were the Dalian Daily, Guangzhou Daily, Henan
Daily, Zhejiang Daily, Sichuan Daily, Guizhou Daily Tianjin Daily, Xinjiang Daily and the Chongqing Daily.
(Comment: The Beijing Winter Olympics are a major event for China and Xi Jinping. Large numbers of
personnel have been deployed for the Games with official reports showing that these include Party members,
cadres, grid personnel, police, medical staff, and volunteers. Among them are: 44,486 party members and
masses mobilised in 4,460 grids to register, inspect, provide info and assist.)
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