Change at the top in China soon?

[william]

According to witnesses, after Xi Jinping returned to China from India, his plane arrived at Beijing Airport, and he was carried off the plane and taken away by a military helicopter. He was then rushed to Beijing 301 Hospital for emergency treatment.

Previously, when Xi Jinping returned to Beijing from abroad, a large number of officials would greet him at the airport, and the streets along the route would be temporarily closed before he returned to Zhongnanhai by car. However, this time, when Xi Jinping arrived at Beijing Airport, there was no large number of officials to greet him, no welcoming ceremony, and no grand motorcade, nor any temporary street closures. Instead, he was directly picked up by a military helicopter and rushed to Beijing 301 Hospital for emergency treatment.

The scene surrounding Xi Jinping's arrival at Beijing Airport illustrates three points:

First, Xi's condition is extremely serious, bordering on urgent, requiring immediate hospitalization.

Second, the Beijing authorities' decision not to deploy a large number of officials and welcoming personnel to the airport is an attempt to tightly control news of Xi's critical illness.

Third, Xi's security has been taken over by the military, or is currently under their control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2099717945517641997

Beijing 301 Hospital for emergency treatment.Previously, when Xi Jinping

• The post by @xie_wanjun, Chairman of the overseas China Democracy Party opposition group, claims Xi Jinping was carried off his plane upon return from the September 2026 BRICS Summit in India and rushed by military helicopter to Beijing 301 Hospital, with no officials greeting him or motorcade.
• It references unusual security and protocol changes to argue Xi's condition is critical, news is suppressed, and military now controls his security, accompanied by an image from the summit showing Modi asking Xi "Is it OK?" during opening remarks.
• Xi did appear uncomfortable at the summit, skipped Modi's gala dinner citing fatigue, and returned to Beijing on September 13 per official Chinese media, but no mainstream sources confirm the hospitalization claim amid ongoing unverified health rumors. Grok

 

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There is also this

Xi Jinping flew to the BRICS summit expecting a coronation. He left within 24 hours looking like the biggest loser in the room.

China wanted BRICS to become Xi’s anti-American coalition: reject the dollar, embrace RMB settlement, and announce that the “Eastern era” had arrived.

Instead, India refused to play along. Modi publicly distanced BRICS from any anti-Western agenda. Indian officials denied supporting a common BRICS currency. The summit declaration emphasized diversified critical-mineral supply chains-a thinly veiled warning against China weaponizing rare earths.

Then came the optics.

Xi’s translator was filmed as he was being blocked from following Xi onto the red carpet. Modi interrupted proceedings to ask whether everything was “OK,” directing global attention toward Xi’s physical condition. Xi then skipped the official dinner and rushed home, while Modi and Putin held a warm 45-minute meeting and dominated the cameras.Xi imagined himself standing at the center of a new world order. Instead, he discovered that even among BRICS members, they only want Chinese trade, not Chinese leadership.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2099874231626699135

• The X post from @KenCao_onChina frames Xi Jinping's short appearance at the September 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi as a diplomatic setback, highlighting India's refusal to endorse de-dollarization, a common currency, or an anti-Western agenda.
• Verified reports confirm Xi stayed under 24 hours, skipped Modi's gala dinner due to travel fatigue, departed early, and engaged in a bilateral meeting focused on border peace and trade, while the New Delhi Declaration used cautious language avoiding direct conflict references or strong multipolar challenges to the West.
• The post underscores India's strategic autonomy—trading with Russia in multiple currencies, maintaining US ties, and addressing border issues—reflecting its approach of selective cooperation without ceding leadership to China in BRICS.