ABOUT THAT “COUP” IN CHINA


The fake news - that spread like wildfire - about an army coup in China deposing Xi Jinping is so ridiculously absurd that I didn’t even think about wasting time debunking it.

Yet a lot of people started asking questions - so here’s the low down, straight to the point.
 
There’s nothing abnormal going on in Beijing. The city is getting ready for the Communist Party Congress on October 16. So it has tightened already serious security controls, coupled with the Covid policies (which one may strongly disagree with, but that’s another story).

Heavy security is the norm in Beijing on the eve of the October 1st Chinese National Day - and then the Communist Party Congress.

Moreover, fake news “experts” know nothing about China’s political power structure.

We have the Party, the State, and the Army. The party leader is the Communist Party General Secretary. The state leader is the President. And the leader of the Army is the Chairman of the Military Commission.

All these three powers are in the hands of Xi Jinping.

The Army in China is controlled by the Communist Party, NOT the state. That’s why it’s called "People's Liberation Army”, and not "Chinese Army”. It is led by the Chairman of the Central Military Commission - and NOT a Minister of Defense or a commander-in-chief of the military.

The Chairman of the Central Military Commission is Xi Jinping.

“Coup”? What “coup”? Let these idiots drown in their own stupidity swamp.

- Pepe Escobar