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What Is Going on in China?
Social media is full of theories and stories, but it’s almost impossible to find any confirmed information at all. Anyone knows what’s up?
- cheaprentalyeti 4y agoAlternate hypothesis: they're preparing for open war and the "coup against Xi" message is just put out as a potential alternate explanation?
- slater 4y agoa̶b̶o̶u̶t̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶?̶ edit: Oh, something about an unconfirmed coup against Xi
- NtochkaNzvanova 4y agoProbably nothing.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoEither nothing, or the most important thing going on in the world today. But as you say, probably nothing.
- MintDice 4y ago
- rossdavidh 4y agoIf it is just a false rumor, that still raises the question of whether or not it was started by anti-Xi forces inside China, or just some random gossip. The former might be part of a plan of psychological harassment of Xi, the latter just evidence that you can't trust everything you read on the internet. I guess we'll find out soon?
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoIt could also be started by a pro-Xi faction, to expose whoever reacts favorably.
- cheaprentalyeti 4y agoAh, that's the one I was looking for.
- cheaprentalyeti 4y agoI'd like to add to what I just said and point out that the latter scenario was actually used in Venezuela where they'd have fake "coups" to see who actually didn't like Chavez, or as the regime said, "was on the CIA payroll." Because who else would object to living in a poor country where you can't even work in the oil industry because all the rights have been sold, in the ground, in perpetuity, to Gazprom and/or Sinopec?
- yucky 4y ago>If it is just a false rumor Maybe I'm missing the context, but what exactly is "it". The OP doesn't say and neither does this.
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- markus_zhang 4y agoSocial media is pretty much useless for that aspect. I'd wait until the 20th National Congress to conclude.
- Proven 4y ago