During this year’s Beidaihe meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, various rumors have been intensively circulating online. The latest rumor is that a military coup occurred in Beijing, forcing Xi Jinping to resign from his positions as General Secretary and Chairman while he was at the meeting. Another rumor is that a temporary leadership group has been formed, Xi’s works are being pulled from the shelves, and the CCP urgently dispatched the 82nd Army to Beijing, all of which seem to suggest that a storm is brewing. Now, the rumors of Xi losing power are spreading not only within China but also to Taiwan and Japan. Is this merely a rumor or prediction?
