State outlets that had converged on the Long March 90th anniversary on Oct 20 tightened the lockstep further, running identical installments framed as Xi Jinping's reflections on the great expedition and closing the day with a shared micro-video titled The Long March Answer, which Xinhua English labeled Xi Jinping's new Long March.
Outside the propaganda drive, economic management surfaced through the launch of the National Data Group in Xiong'an as a central state firm for data resources and AI, alongside warnings from a former central bank chief about AI overinvestment and a slight easing in youth unemployment.
Diplomatically, editors tracked Putin's proposal for a China-US-Russia leaders meeting, with Washington receptive and Beijing silent, while attention turned to a possible Xi-Trump encounter at APEC, Taiwan's admission it paid a retired US general to observe its war games, and an approaching super typhoon toward Taiwan and the mainland.