So CCTV run an annual consumer show where they call out companies for bad service. On Friday night, they had a go at Apple and Volkswagen - specifically Apple for providing a lower quality of aftersales service/support, and/or charging more that they do elsewhere in the world. After the show was on, a debate ensued online, as happens nowadays in China, with locals laying into Apple for treating China as a second-class market, including some well-known or famous people with a lot of followers online.
One of whom appears to have left the "To publish around 8:20pm" message in their post, a stage instruction to make sure they didn't post their anti-Apple rant too early - presumably a rant which was pre-written and provided for them.
But of course, these bursts of outrage in China - at anything foreign, anything but the CCP - are never manufactured, are they?
Does this SCMP-paywall-bypass work?