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| Unfounded Xi Jinping 'Stroke' Rumors Fanned by Russian Media |
| 2024-08-20 |
| [NEWSWEEK] Rumors that Chinese President Xi Jinping suffered a stroke have gone viral on Russian social media, causing a stir and leading to various speculative reports. The incident was alleged to have occurred during the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Third Plenary Session, which ran from Monday to Thursday. The meetings, attended by top party leadership, are widely anticipated by China analysts for signs of policy changes that could set the direction of the country's development. The rumor gained traction on Wednesday when it was reported on by Jennifer Zeng, a human rights activist formerly with the Falun Gong-backed, anti-CCP news outlet The Epoch Times, on her show "Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng." "Since yesterday, Chinese social media has been buzzing with the news that something 'big' has happened," Zeng wrote on X (formerly Twitter). The Chinese and Russian foreign ministries did not immediately respond to written requests for comment. Russian news agency RuNews24 amplified the rumors with a headline reading, "There is a tragedy in China: the life of Chinese leader Xi Jinping hangs by a thread." Another Russian outlet, Hibiny, reported, "Chinese leader Xi Jinping suffered a stroke," adding "he is on the verge of death" and "doctors are now fighting for his life." Both sources acknowledged the lack of concrete information and noted the lack of an official Chinese response. The rumors were also circulated by Ukrainian media. Related: Xi Jinping 08/17/2024 CCP's Third Plenum: China has no blueprint to escape economic slowdown and is trapped in Xi Jinping's vision Xi Jinping 07/30/2024 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 29, 2024 Xi Jinping 07/28/2024 Mastering 'the art of brainwashing,' China intensifies AI censorship |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 China Sends Xi Jinping's #2 to Russia as Ukraine Counter-Invasion Rages Perhaps not just a "bilateral relations" discussion. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-20 13:56 |
| #2 A question i'd like answered. Why did Russia activate its Emergency Military Command System (aka Dead Hand now with AI ) a week ago? Was it Ukraine capturing about 75 Russian hamlets? Or what? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-08-20 05:18 |
| #1 Verbal salad of the day. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-08-20 03:12 |