What’s Going on in Beijing and to Xi Jinping?

Question

I&rsquo;m reading many articles and comments about an &ldquo;improbable&rdquo; coup that is happening in China, in Beijing. Somebody is saying that Xi is at home arrest. But also these news are arriving mostly from India media that are not the best reliable source. Also people are saying that some flights from/to Beijing are canceled and &lsquo;Xi Jinping&rsquo; keyword is censured on Weibo.This is an example article on the situation: https://www.livemint.com/news/is-xi-jinping-under-house-arrest-there-s-a-military-coup-in-china-check-here-11664101272337.htmlAnd here a discussion on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/China/comments/xmytl5/xi_jinping_house_arrest_and_coup_rumors_megathread/Your opinion? Or any other more realistic sources/info?

mtmail · Accepted Answer

The China correspondent of reputable German 'Der Spiegel' is trolling about it. https://twitter.com/schorselysees/status/1573949280234008576 His joke photos got then reshared as 'exclusive pictures' by another newspaper. https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1574041553340837890

Nomentatus · Answer

There is a typhoon hitting South China, and flights are cancelled re both that and COVID, which is getting out of control in China, unfortunately. It is interesting that Xi hasn't shown since the rumors started, and that he left SOC early (skipping the meal for COVID reasons, apparently) but that's awfully weak evidence of anything. China is a remarkably opaque society at that high level."Typhoon Noru rapidly intensified to a super typhoon in the early hours of Sunday, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 185 kilometers per hour (kph), and is moving westward toward the east coast of Aurora Province or the northern portion of Quezon Province, where it is likely to make landfall on Sunday afternoon, the Philippines' weather bureau said on Saturday." https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-09-25/Super-Typhoon-Noru-exp...

r721 · Answer

>Since last night I analyzed close to 2000+ accounts amplifying the hashtag #chinacoup. Despite this graph not being pretty enough given the large dataset, I figured out a bunch of accounts with significantly low followers that acted as the key disseminators of the rumor.https://twitter.com/atandra_ray/status/1573894063702810625

LinuxBender · Answer

I've been trying to follow this as well but as you mention all the news is coming out of India and it is only on really obscure YouTube channels. I've not seen one iota of evidence of an actual coup or house arrest mentioned by any of the big news channels or corporate media.

batzy · Answer

they are moving troops to national day ceremony on 1st of October, and Xi is under quarantine. Indians are building a conspiracy around it, I guess.

88840-8855 · Answer

Just a nice example of how fast fake news is spreading across the globe.Should be punishable.