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Xi Jinping is truly finished: Meteorite shower and fireballs fall from the sky in Beijing! Wen Jiabao takes action, purging the four retired state-level elders behind Xi? Zeng Qinghong and Li Zhanshu are both finished; A-shares are ruined, Hu Xijin! (Old Beijing Teahouse/Episode 1797/2026/11/07)

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This episode mainly discusses the giant fireballs and meteorite falls that appeared in many parts of North China, linking them to historical celestial omens and political upheavals. It provides an in-depth analysis of the references to "iron-hat kings" and "iron-certificate of immunity" in the documents of the CCP Fifth Plenary Session, as well as the moves by the decision-making body in which Wen Jiabao participated to purge retired senior officials such as Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, Zhang Dejiang, and Li Zhanshu. At the same time, it focuses on the sharp decline of the US stock market due to the election, the continued sluggishness of the A-share market, and the remarks of Hu Xijin, while also mentioning the industrial "big pie" from the National Development and Reform Commission and the new trend of encouraging government agency personnel to trade stocks.

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As mentioned in yesterday's program, around 6:31 PM on November 6, 2026, people in many parts of North China, including Beijing, Hebei, and Shanxi, witnessed a giant fireball streaking across the night sky. After the program was released, more video evidence captured by witnesses emerged, revealing that this strange celestial phenomenon displayed multiple colors such as green, yellow, and red, lasting for about 3 to 5 seconds. Experts at the Beijing Planetarium have confirmed that the fireball observed in multiple locations was the same one, and it is highly probable that meteorite fragments remain. Today, there is an update on the fireball: a fragment successfully pierced the roof of a villager's house in a village in Hebei Province, and the meteorite has clearly been obtained by netizens. It is said that the rest of the large meteorites are scattered in the suburbs of Shijiazhuang, extending to the middle section of the Taihang Mountains. This information has attracted numerous meteorite enthusiasts to go treasure hunting, and online videos confirm that some have already found kilogram-level large meteorites in the valleys. The falling of fireballs and meteorite rains is considered a sign of great misfortune for emperors in any dynasty. However, in the CCP's China, the people who heard this news cheered and spread the word, because they believe this is the greatest auspicious omen of the Year of the Red Horse and Red Sheep. Why do they have such thoughts? Perhaps in their memory, the year the three CCP giants—Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De—died, China experienced some kind of signal of divine retribution. In March 1976, a huge meteorite fell in Jilin, and in that same year, the three CCP high-level officials, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Mao Zedong, passed away one after another. That year also saw the Tangshan earthquake, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. The "Records of the Grand Historian" states that in the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang (211 BC), a star fell from the sky and became a huge meteorite upon landing, with the words "The First Emperor will die and the land will be divided" written on it. A meteorite revealed the secret of heaven in advance. As seen in ancient records, whenever strange phenomena like falling meteorites or star showers occur, major events are bound to happen soon, such as "the change of the ruling dynasty," "the collapse of the emperor," "great wars and bloodshed," or "rebellion by the common people." I wonder if the discussion of this topic will develop in the direction the Party fears most. At the moment, the CCP does not seem to have realized the sensitivity of the event, as some CCP state media have already reported the news.

According to Sichuan Radio and Television, on the evening of November 6, netizens in multiple places including Beijing, Shanxi, and Hebei reported seeing a very bright bolide flashing with green light across the sky. According to descriptions and footage captured by netizens, a huge fireball disappeared only when it was close to the ground. Mr. Wu, a Beijing resident, said that when he witnessed the bolide, he was at Siyuan Bridge on the Jingmi Expressway. Suddenly, he saw a large fireball appear in the night sky to the southwest, rapidly descending at an angle of about 30 degrees to the ground. This gentleman said the bolide was very bright, colorful, and truly looked like a burning fireball. He checked his phone, and it was around 6:30 p.m. A netizen in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, also stated that she witnessed a bolide in the southwest direction at around 6:30 p.m. She felt it was visually shocking to the naked eye, and the bolide lasted for about four to five seconds. The bolide suddenly appeared in the sky with green, yellow, and red lights. At first, she thought someone was setting off fireworks, but later the bolide passed through the clouds, illuminating even the cloud layer. On November 6, Zhu Jin, former director of the Beijing Planetarium, after reviewing the video captured by a netizen's dashcam, told Red Star News that the scene in the video was likely a bolide, belonging to a sporadic meteor, and such meteors might leave meteorites. Zhu Jin also told Beijing Youth Daily that "this estimated bolide is quite large." During its descent, this bolide instantly lit up the night sky across North China and underwent a violent airburst near the ground. The explosion occurred because a Hebei blogger posted a video on the same night showing a distant wilderness on fire, with flames and smoke appearing on the ground. Another video showed police cars parked in the wilderness in the dark night, cordoning off the scene. The blogger also shared a chat screenshot showing that a netizen smelled a strange odor on the highway near the incident location. As for the specific location, the blogger claimed to be "timid" and dared not publish it, joking that they would go check it out again the next day, saying they might find a large meteorite and sell it for a good price.

It seems that the Year of the Fire Horse and Red Sheep is really going to bring major events, and the media, following the clues, has found that bolides have been occurring frequently this year, happening many times already. For example, on the night of November 1, an unidentified flying object with a "blue long tail" suddenly appeared in the night sky of multiple places in Yunnan, sparking heated discussions. That night, many netizens uploaded videos. Netizen "Cestbon" said that at 7:14 p.m. on November 1, a dashcam in Wenshan, Yunnan, captured a bolide. Surveillance footage provided to mainland media by Mr. Huang, a resident of Jiangchuan, showed that at 7:30 p.m. on November 1, a dazzling streak of light suddenly appeared in the dark night sky, resembling falling sparks, trailing a long white tail, flying past rapidly, and disappearing in an instant. Going back further, on October 5, multiple netizens in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and other places filmed a huge blue bolide falling, accompanied by deflagration footage. Around the same time, on October 12, a bolide flashing with green light appeared in the Shenzhen night sky. The Shenzhen Astronomical Observatory responded to confirm that it monitored the phenomenon and clarified that the meteorite did not land in Pingshan District; the actual landing or disintegration location is speculated to be around Huizhou or Dongguan. Astronomers say that from early to mid-November, the Taurid meteor shower will usher in an active period. Affected by differences in the radiant position, this meteor shower is divided into the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids. The Southern Taurids are also very active during the same period, and the entire meteor shower period lasts as long as two months. Considering that astrologer and great prophet Judith said in March this year that Xi Jinping will experience terrible changes within ten months, and there are now exactly a little over two months left, what on earth are these bolides and meteorite showers in these past two months predicting? Clever tea drinkers, what do you think? Welcome to share your thoughts in the comment section.

As the story goes, during the Fifth Plenary Session, Xi Jinping made a striking pronouncement out of nowhere: "We will never allow 'princes with hereditary titles' or 'iron-guarantee certificates of immunity.'" These two phrases—suddenly brought up seemingly from thin air—were clearly a warning directed at someone. Tea-drinkers familiar with the background of these remarks know that the very first target was Jiang Zemin's mastermind, Zeng Qinghong. However, with the Fifth Plenary Session of the CCP once again shouting these slogans, the target list has expanded. Alongside Zeng Qinghong, three other retired top-tier elders at the national leader level have honorably made the list, perfectly completing a foursome of four. The four of them might as well start planning their retirement mahjong games at Qincheng Prison. Some might say, isn't that a bit exaggerated? Who are these four individuals anyway? Listen on to find out. As everyone knows from the news, around the time the Fifth Plenary Session was convened, three long-retired high-ranking officials fell from grace in succession. First was Cai Fuchao, former director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, and former head of the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, who fell in July 2026. Second was Huang Qifan, former mayor of Chongqing and vice chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, who fell 13 days before the opening of the Fifth Plenary Session. The third was Fu Chengyu, former chairman of China Petrochemical Corporation and general manager of China National Offshore Oil Corporation, who fell two days after the closing of the Fifth Plenary Session. Following the CCP's political infighting tactic of cutting off the surrounding branches to isolate the target, let's see what kind of dirt is unearthed by pulling up these three radishes. Investigations reveal that behind these three individuals are four senior national-level political heavyweights: Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, Zhang Dejiang, and Li Zhanshu. Right at this critical juncture, overseas whistleblowing reports surfaced, suggesting that a decision-making and consultative coordination body involving former CCP Premier and top-tier elder Wen Jiabao is playing a special role in this high-level power struggle. National-level elders going after national-level heavyweights—isn't that a tangled situation? Not tangled at all, because the political fate of the Party has reached the final stage where the meat grinder is grinding away frantically. All party officials who have blood debts on their hands and have played major roles in harming the common people—regardless of whether they are retired or still in office—must ultimately face retroactive reckoning. In a mystical way, the Steamed Bun Emperor already delivered a warning on behalf of fate: "Don't be so exuberant today, be careful you'll have to settle the accounts in the future." These words are bound to come true. Think you can avoid it just by retiring? No way.

Continuing with the "princes with hereditary titles" of the Fifth Plenary Session: On November 1, the CCP's state media published the "Decision" adopted at the Fifth Plenary Session. Part VII of the document explicitly states that it is strictly forbidden to have "princes with hereditary titles" or "iron-guarantee certificates of immunity." The same section also particularly emphasizes the need to focus on investigating corruption among "top leaders," corruption among young cadres, and family-style corruption. Meanwhile, Part IV specifically proposes to "strengthen the management and supervision of retired cadres." Pay attention: retired, retired, retired—important words said three times. Connecting these seemingly scattered remarks, a signal flare has suddenly soared into the sky. The targets of anti-corruption are no longer limited to incumbent officials; figures who retired many years ago and once held high positions have also entered the scope of investigation. In other words, "selective anti-corruption" and "retroactively checking thirty years" are roaring toward all the out-of-favor Party officials. If the mention of "princes with hereditary titles" in the past was still out of warning and reprimand, this time it has been directly written into the official document of the Central Plenary Session, a document carefully and solemnly crafted after deep consideration. According to state media reports, the drafting group for the Fifth Plenary Session document was established as early as January 2026, led personally by Xi Jinping, and during the drafting process, the opinions of some veteran Party members were explicitly solicited. Obviously, the words "princes with hereditary titles" were officially written into the document only after multiple rounds of deliberation, discussion, and revision.

Here comes the question: why does this plenary document prominently emphasize "princes with hereditary titles"? Commentator Guo Jun analyzes that this may involve the actual operation of the [CCP decision-making and consultative coordination body], which is the very institution associated with Wen Jiabao that we just mentioned. Established on June 30, 2025, the [CCP decision-making and consultative coordination body] is headed by Wen Jiabao, with Wang Yang serving as executive deputy head. The positioning of this institution is an important institutional arrangement to consolidate the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee over major tasks and to promote the implementation of major missions. In other words, if the faction led by Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao aiming to curb Xi Jinping's power wants to fundamentally deal with the pro-Xi elders who have been stirring up trouble from within, all they need to do is establish the relevant requirements as the political rules of the entire Party through a plenary session of the Central Committee, formalize them into a document, and officially pass them. Then, investigating and punishing anyone can be explained as implementing the spirit and decisions of the Central Committee. This political operational logic is extremely clear: first establish the rules, then dismantle the team, and finally reshape the power structure.

Now let us break down one by one why Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, Zhang Dejiang, and Li Zhanshu are the first batch of exclusive users of the "iron certificate" (danshu tiequan) in this document. First, let's talk about Zeng Qinghong. Zeng has long been regarded as one of the key figures who pushed for Xi Jinping to become the successor of the CCP, and he is believed to have played a critical role in the early power transition process of Xi Jinping. This aspect has been disclosed in great detail in previous online articles. In fact, the widely circulated photos of Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan visiting Zeng Qinghong and taking warm photos with Zeng and his wife are a testament to this. Next, look at the second person, Jia Qinglin. Jia is seen as an important pillar of Xi Jinping's political base and the founding father of the so-called "Fujian Gang." Back then, when Xi Jinping's performance in the officialdom of Xiamen, Fujian, was a mess and drew complaints, it was thanks to Jia Qinglin's strong protection that he was not only not eliminated by the Fujian officialdom but also rose straight up in a big way. Zhang Dejiang and Li Zhanshu played important roles in the process of Xi Jinping pushing for constitutional amendments and consolidating institutional power. In 2017, Xi Jinping proposed constitutional amendments, and three people were responsible for presiding over the relevant work: Zhang Dejiang served as the team leader, while Li Zhanshu and Wang Huning served as deputy team leaders. At that time, Zhang Dejiang was serving as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. On March 11, 2018, the National People's Congress passed the constitutional amendment, deleting the term limits for the President. Just six days later, Li Zhanshu succeeded as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Over the next five years, he continued to provide support for Xi Jinping's political line at the legislative level. As Xi Jinping's die-hard subordinate, Li Zhanshu was the top leader of a neighboring county when Xi was serving in Hebei, and they had many interactions. After Xi Jinping took power, he promoted Li Zhanshu to the central government, where he became a submissive lackey and a key minister. Note a detail: on October 22, 2022, at the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the CCP, the person who pressed his hand on the document in front of Hu Jintao before Hu was escorted out of the venue was Li Zhanshu. From this perspective, from succession arrangements and the establishment of a political base to constitutional amendments and the continuation of rule, Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, Zhang Dejiang, and Li Zhanshu each provided important political support to Xi Jinping at different stages. These retired elders, as Xi Jinping's benefactors, now find themselves in a precarious situation.

A background that cannot be ignored is the continuous and crazy slaughter that has occurred in the high-level military of the CCP over the past year. Insiders revealed that on August 28 this year, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress removed Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their positions in the Central Military Commission suddenly without prior notification to the [decision-making and coordination agencies]. Xi knows that Zhang Youxia has close ties with elders like Wen Jiabao, and it was this close connection that played a role when military power fell into Zhang Youxia's hands during Xi's stroke. Therefore, Xi Jinping was afraid that the central deliberative body headed by Wen Jiabao would not agree to the arrest of Zhang Youxia, so he had to act first and report later. As you know, the Zhang Youxia case has become a thorn in the side of Xi, the Senate of elders, and the military, to the extent that no unit in the major theater commands and military branches of the party-state has publicly expressed support for the decision to handle Zhang Youxia. By now, the context is basically clear. Pro-Xi figures including Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, Zhang Dejiang, and Li Zhanshu, if they help Xi Jinping confirm the Zhang Youxia case, it will mean that they have stood on the opposite side of Hu and Wen and the military—standing on the opposite side of the gun. It is equivalent to the four of them claiming the identity of "Huang Jiguang" themselves. And under the command of Hu and Wen, these four accomplices and partners of Xi will hold hands and block the gun barrel together. When Xi Jinping firmly held power, supporting him was a political investment; when Xi Jinping had a stroke and lost military power, these past choices became the handles and bills for settling accounts after the autumn. Whether it is a blessing or a curse, let us wait and see.

It is said that the Democratic Party's landslide victory in the U.S. midterm elections first impacted the U.S. stock market, which can be described in two words: "plunge." This is because the Democrats have already signaled that once they fully control Congress next January, they plan to vigorously push for AI regulatory legislation. They have proposed multiple bills targeting AI system security, data center electricity costs, and whether AI companies should be held legally liable when their products cause harm. At the same time, the Democrats are also preparing to strengthen scrutiny of large tech companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google's parent company Alphabet, and SpaceX. The feedback from the stock market was the most direct: on November 5, the U.S. stock market suffered a historic plunge. The S&P 500 fell 4.36%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3.44%, and the Nasdaq fell 5.52%. The total market capitalization evaporated by approximately $2.8 trillion, breaking the single-day record of $2.69 trillion set during the COVID-19 pandemic. The "Magnificent Seven" tech giants—Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla—saw their combined market value evaporate by more than $1 trillion that day. Correspondingly, tech billionaires also saw their wealth shrink significantly. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's personal net worth dropped by $15.1 billion in a single day to $150.9 billion, causing him to fall from 9th to 13th place in the global billionaire rankings, dropping out of the top ten. Meanwhile, the world's richest man, Elon Musk, saw his assets shrink by nearly $80 billion. One assumes that "Old Musk," who spends his days pondering matters of the universe, probably didn't even realize he had lost $80 billion in a single day. However, upon finding out, he immediately joined the public in their "fun," posting a single word on the X platform: "Wow." The stature of the world's richest man is truly different; despite his net worth shrinking by 80 billion, he didn't say a word. Well, everything is contained in that "Wow." However, this "Wow" is not the same as the one from Yu Chengdong.

Looking back at our "Great A" (A-shares), it continues its usual nature of not rising when U.S. stocks rise, but being forced to follow when U.S. stocks fall. On November 6, the three major indices closed lower collectively: the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.1%, the Shenzhen Component Index fell 2.57%, and the ChiNext Index fell 3.96%. Financial data provider Wind showed that a total of 4,739 stocks fell across the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing stock exchanges, while 757 rose and 80 remained flat; the number of falling stocks was more than six times that of rising ones. A closing analysis by Cailian Press that day suggested that the sharp decrease in trading volume reflected rising wait-and-see sentiment in the market, with computing power hardware stocks being the main driver of the recent market decline. Hu Xijin, the "professional spin doctor," could finally hold his head high, thinking, "I told you all the responsibility lies with the U.S.; let's see who dares to scold me now." This is actually true; one has to admire Old Hu's "spin doctoring" skills—calling them "masterful" would not be an exaggeration. Isn't that right? As soon as the Fifth Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee concluded, and Xi Jinping's murderous "comprehensive strict governance of the Party" came rushing in, the A-shares began their relentless decline. When Old Hu saw this, he thought, "This won't do, what should I do?" Time to use the combo of "fooling the leeks" and "all responsibility lies with the U.S." again. So, Old Hu first spoke out after the Shanghai Composite Index fell below 3600 points, riding the wind of the Fifth Plenary Session. On October 30, Hu Xijin said on Weibo that he felt very sorry for those retail investors who were trapped while "buying the dip," adding that if our stock market still has a backbone, they are part of that backbone, and they are the "heroes of the Chinese stock market." But how is fooling the leeks enough? Because even if you label leeks as "heroes," it doesn't change their nature of being harvested, so there must be a scapegoating move. There is no need to think about who the scapegoat should be; the U.S. is right there. Thus, Old Hu logically and quite presciently posted on Weibo on November 3, saying that we have been trying to save the market here, but at a critical moment, U.S. stocks acted up last night. Old Hu added a small position that morning, not expecting a further heavy drop in the afternoon, and he really hoped this was the "darkness before the dawn." Immediately after, topics tagged "Old Hu added positions in the morning and dropped heavily in the afternoon" and "Hu Xijin says U.S. stocks acted up at the critical moment of A-share market rescue" surged to the top of Weibo's trending list, unsurprisingly drawing a chorus of criticism. Financial blogger "Yangfan Ruiping" posted a rebuttal, saying that on November 3, Old Hu talked about the stock market again, and this time his golden quote was that we were saving the market here, but U.S. stocks acted up at the critical moment. Actually, I want to say, if you are not good enough, don't blame others; look at how they have been rising for over a decade. Financial blogger "Ye Aimao" said that Old Hu's statement is wrong; being weak and following the decline while scapegoating others is just incompetence. I would weakly advise Old Hu: why does your daily stock trading routine always carry a whiff of "spin doctoring"? Don't always pop up and make people hate you; your mother is calling you home for dinner. The days of continuing to "spin" after retirement are not easy either. Although the A-shares continue to fall, the CCP is still trying to save the market with empty words, and for now, the effect seems to be just the "darkness before the dawn." It seems Old Hu's mouth is "blessed" and always manages to make his words come true as a prophecy.

The Party's "market rescue by mouth" can be divided into two main steps. The first step is making empty promises. On November 3, the National Development and Reform Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a press conference for the "15th Five-Year Plan" series, where they spun a grand narrative about focusing on the cultivation of emerging pillar industries, future industrial development, the construction of Digital China, and the building of a maritime power to foster new drivers of growth. How massive is this pie in the sky? By the end of the "15th Five-Year Plan," which is 2030, the output value of six major emerging pillar industries—integrated circuits, aerospace, biomedicine, the low-altitude economy, new energy storage, and humanoid robots—is supposed to double, reaching over 10 trillion yuan. As soon as this news came out, the three major stock indices all dropped sharply on November 3. After being repeatedly harvested, veteran retail investors have developed a trauma response and a certain immunity to such bluster. The second step is calling upon the leek-like civil servants hidden within Party and government organs to enter the stock market. Around November 3, the WeChat official account "Communist Party Member" under the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee published a stock trading guide for Party members and cadres, reiterating that staff in Party and government organs can legally invest in stocks, which sparked outside speculation. The title of the article was quite blunt: "Can Party and government personnel trade stocks?" It then established right at the beginning that investment in the securities market using legal property by Party and government personnel is a form of support for national construction. Following that, the article listed seven strictly prohibited behaviors and four categories of personnel restricted from trading stocks, including using one's position and insider information to trade stocks, borrowing public funds to trade stocks, and buying or selling shares of listed companies within one's own jurisdiction of authority. Although the article reads as seemingly neutral and objective throughout, nothing stands up to close scrutiny. Why would the Party issue a stock trading guide for cadres when the A-share market remains sluggish? Hong Kong's Hong Kong Economic Journal pointed out that although this article merely reiterates previous regulations, after being reposted by social media accounts of local Party organizations, police (Public Security), procuratorates, courts, and media agencies, some Party-member stockholders might interpret this as an official signal encouraging market entry. If we use a bit of imagination, some Party and government cadres might not have systematically summarized all these loopholes before to profit by using their own resources in stock trading. Yet, upon carefully studying this systematic stock trading guide, their meridians are instantly unblocked: so all roads lead to Rome, and since predecessors have already set the example, they can use their authority to demand equity and shares, peddle inside information, use relatives' names to buy stocks in their managed sectors, and engage in public-fund stock trading or collective fundraising stock trading. From then on, they can harvest money in the A-share ocean with all sorts of novel tricks. Party and government cadres exclaimed that General Secretary Xi is indeed always visionary; in the face of difficulties, the key lies in maintaining composure, forging ahead against the current, and taking action. Listening to the General Secretary fills the belly, and to support national construction, let's charge toward the big A-share market. Calling parents

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