so according to state media contacts, Beijing genuinely thought they were going to win big in the elections today, to the point of having pre-written the stories
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now, of course, it's also *politically impossible* to prepare the 'we lost' story, but they seem to have been really convinced they would need the win ones.
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have now heard this from GT, PD, *and* CD folk.
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this is funny but also scary on two levels: as
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Makes me feel almost sorry for those working level who made the incorrect predictions. Hope it is not/not a “no mercy” for them....
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The predictions weren't wrong. It was the election that was wrong!
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