Xi Jinping's arrest, anti-authority
wave in China, know where this rumor started
The issue has been widely debated
around the world ever since a coup in China was rumored to have ousted
President Xi Jinping from power. Media reports claimed that Xi Jinping was
placed under house arrest when he returned from the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) summit. However, there are now reports that there is peace
on the political front in China.
Rumors that there has been a coup
against Chinese President Xi Jinping and that he has been ousted have been
widely discussed in media around the world, including in India. If we talk
about how the rumor of the change of power in China started, this information
was first presented by the Chinese media abroad.
In particular, pro-Falun Gong media
claimed that President Xi Jinping was arrested after he was removed from power.
The rumor was originally tweeted by a journalist named Zhao Langjian who fled
China and settled in America. He made baseless claims on Twitter of massive
flight cancellations in China with unclear reasons.
The claim was made by a media
network supporting the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong. A clip of a
military convoy passing through an unknown route in China added another stamp
of credibility to the false story. Reports of a power change in China got more
air when it was said that no one had seen Xi Jinping since his return from the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan.
Flight canceled due to Corona
Another article stated that Xi
Jinping was absent from discussions on national security and military reforms.
Due to which rumors of fire got air. Claims of military convoys and flight
cancellations were also widely shared on Indian Twitter handles. According to a
report in The Print, flights may be canceled due to the Covid-19 related lockdown in many areas in China.
Why doesn't Xi Jinping appear in
public?
On September 23, political activities in China were going
on as usual. It was also broadcast on Chinese media. On the other hand, when it
was said that Xi Jinping was nowhere to be seen, it was assumed that he was
busy. Because even earlier there was a widespread discussion that he was not
seen in public. George Fahrian, a reporter for the Beijing-based German
newspaper Der Spiegel, posted pictures of Tiananmen Square and other areas of
the city to put an end to these rumours, showing that a military coup had not
taken place.
