Murmurs of discontent grow in China as Xi Jinping poised for third term

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Rumors are swirling amid a febrile atmosphere, but the leader has worked hard to remove any sort of real opposition.

The increasingly febrile atmosphere coincided with unusual rumours swirling online on Saturday about a potential military coup that had led to Mr Xi being put under house arrest. However,“There’s no evidence of a coup in China and no reason to even slightly think there has been one,” said Nathan Ruser, a China-focused researcher at the think-tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

This week alone saw the culmination of the biggest purge in China’s security apparatus in years, ahead of a political reshuffle expected at the congress, slated to start on October 16.Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army before a giant screen in 2019 - Jason Lee/Reuters “The spread of the rumour indicates belief in its plausibility,” said Drew Thompson, a visiting senior research fellow focused on US-China relations at the National University of Singapore.

 

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