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Xi Jinping to step down, rumors suggest, amid harsh China COVID lockdowns – Washington Times https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/may/11/xi-jinping-step-down-rumors-suggest-amid-harsh-chi/ Rumors circulating in China and among overseas Chinese social media are claiming Chinese President Xi Jinping , under fire for draconian COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and elsewhere, will step down from power. The rumors followed a meeting last week of the Party Politburo Standing Committee, the collective leadership group that rules China . They were traced in part to a Chinese-language YouTube video May 4 by Canadian-based blogger appearing under the persona “ Lao Deng .” Details of the video quickly spread to social...
