01:21⇢The Iron Girdle of Party Discipline
⌨State media editors have further solidified the 'Democratic Life Meeting' narrative, standardizing the 'Eight-Point Decision' as an absolute administrative mandate for 2026 (Xinhua, People's Daily, CCTV, Global Times, China Daily, Beijing Daily). In contrast, critical and external sources are analyzing the year's end through the lens of comprehensive U.S. containment strategies and domestic resistance against digital censorship (VOA, China Digital Times, SCMP).