Several days later. As well as a bit of reading. Not that it's anything conclusive. More rumors but also more information. The key issue is it's an open issue until Xi stands up on a stage and speaks coherently. And in such a way that he's not being a puppet. That hasn't happened for a couple of weeks. Simultaneously the top tier party officials/ generals have been in hiding.

Then add in the fact that they've locked down Beijing and the army showed up in large numbers. This is far beyond previous lockdowns. Nah, nothing to see here, go look somewhere else.

Yes, it's propaganda. I've been watching an assortment of it for years and and I am perfectly aware. But that propaganda is often right in the cornerstone facts which it then attempts to spin for a revolution. Especially when it's propaganda against a secretive authoritarian regime.

I think this particular propaganda is based out of the Epoch Times. Them's some crazy fuckers. But they have deep ties to connections inside China and they get a constant stream of supposedly hidden stuff that turns out to be true a while later.

So I think this one is fun to watch if you have the time. That's all. And I have time.

https://youtu.be/rSITOzCSA_s?si=2BYn3UO8i-17pYDI

He's walking and talking unless they have a hell of a double. I typically believe in Putin's double since I've seen so much analysis of those, but I've never seen a Xi double.

One interesting thing that I saw a few days ago was the announcement of a bunch of reversal of his policies. Starting with the tutoring ban. I always thought that was a critical part of making sure the next generation is brainwashed and you can't have unauthorized teachers in that environment.

And street food. Street food was illegal in the major cities. They are bringing back street food.

But I can't find it in typical Google searching and I don't read Chinese so it's not like I can actually look at their articles on it.