Coup in Beijing?

[bngenoh]

You know, i have been wondering about China lately because they have been real quiet. Maybe this is part of the reason why:

Over the night of March 19 and early morning of March 20, Bejing local time, a message about a large number of military police showing up in Beijing spread widely across microblogs in mainland China.

The key figures in the action are said to be: Hu Jintao, the head of the CCP; Wen Jiabao, the premier; Zhou Yongkang, who has control of the People’s Republic of China’s police forces; and Bo Xilai, who was dismissed from his post as head of the Chongqing City Communist Party on March 15 by Wen Jiabao, after a scandal involving Bo’s former police chief.

Li Delin, who is on the editorial board of Securities Market Weekly and lives in Dongcheng District of Beijing, wrote on his microblog a report that confirmed unusual troop movements: “There are numerous army vehicles, Changan Street is continuously being controlled. There are many plainclothes police in every intersection, and some intersections even had iron fences set up.”

According to the message that went viral on China’s Internet, a military force with unknown designation quickly occupied many important places in Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound in Beijing, and Beijing in the early morning of March 20, with the cooperation of Beijing armed police.

The troops entered Beijing to “get and protect Bo Xilai,” according to the message.

A mainland Chinese reader has told The Epoch Times that a military coup has taken place in Beijing.

It is still unknown who, if anyone, has been arrested.

The message claims Zhou Yongkang first used armed police force in an attempt to arrest Hu and Wen. However, Hu and Wen had been prepared and Zhou’s coup was subdued, though rumors of Hu and Wen being arrested had been spread earlier.

The message says that now both sides, Hu and Wen on one side, and Jiang Zemin and Zhou Yongkang on the other, are mobilizing armed forces. However, only Hu Jintao can mobilize the regular army, which he still controls, according to the message.

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The news column on Xinhua’s website was all foreign news from 11 p.m. on March 19 to at least 8 a.m. on March 20, with not a single piece of domestic news—which is quite unusual.

One netizen posted on microblog: “Strange! Except Beijing Television, no other television in Beijing is broadcasting. This is very strange!!! It had never happened before.”

Source: _http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/coup-in-beijing-says-chinese-internet-rumor-mill-207993.html

It just seems like events are accelerating at an even faster pace than they have been in a while. Very interesting times we live in eh.

Read more: _http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/t/chinese-regime-in-crisis

 

[Voyageur]

You know, i have been wondering about China lately because they have been real quiet. Maybe this is part of the reason why:

Interesting view, was wondering about this, the "message that went viral on China’s Internet", as it is not exactly without its internal controls, especially in China. Of Wu, it is often the Elite guards, what they have done and or are doing or even where they went, that are often good indicators of changes.

Thanks for the post.

 

[SeekinTruth]

Hmm, interesting. The plot thickens? Maybe some more information will come out to get a better idea of what's going on.

 

[HiThere]

Thanks for the link, bngenoh.

 

[bngenoh]

You're welcome voyageur & Hithere,

Indeed, the plot is thickening SeekinTruth, osit.

With the UN Security Council passing the "presidential statement" on Syria, threatening it with "unspecified further steps if it fails to comply with the six-point peace plan drawn up by Annan." Which requires unanimous support from the Security Council members, it seems that Russia and China are changing their tone on Syria, or maybe playing for time to sort out issues at home:

"It is puzzling to some that Major General Zhang Zhaozhong, a professor from the Chinese National Defense University, said China will not hesitate to protect Iran even with a third World War... Professor Xia Ming: "Zhang Zhaozhong said that not hesitating to fight a third world war would be entirely for domestic political needs...."

Source: https://www.sott.net/articles/show/238373-China-Will-Not-Hesitate-To-Protect-Iran-Even-With-A-Third-World-War-

Definitely more info required.

 

[Muxel]

Thanks for bringing the focus to China, bngenoh. So, infighting over leadership succession. Like Sarkozy refusing to leave the French throne.

As for Bo Xilai, I gather that he is a Mao fan who wanted to bring back the "good old days" (Lol) and had to be taken out before he did any damage to China's capitalism.

I can't tell if Bo was sincere, or if he was simply using the Mao formula to gain status of deity and install himself as Emperor of China, or failing that, at least a spot on the Politburo Standing Committee (China is an oligarchy BTW). It's possible Bo was sincere, and wanted Supreme Power to free China from her chains, and do good things à la Princess Diana.

Anyhow, Bo was getting too popular with the people... A scandal was devised; Bo was sacked and put under house arrest.

And now this.

Oh, China.

 

[bngenoh]

As always, the reality of any given situation is much more complex, especially when there is such a derth of information as in this given instance. Gotta love SOTT:

The only reason for publishing this propaganda piece is to alert readers to the likelihood that it is the US government behind these rumours. Could this mark a ramping up of US efforts to destabilize China?

Source: https://www.sott.net/articles/show/243314-US-Behind-Rumors-of-Coup-in-China-

Plot thickens indeed.