Something Big Has Happened to Xi Jinping! The U.S. Confirms His Health Is Deteriorating, Is Cai Qi About to Make a Move at the Fifth Plenum? China and Russia Hiding a Pneumonic Plague? They Were Already Running Epidemic Prevention Drills in the Northeast, and Beijing Rushed to Take It Down

This video explores two major health and political events that have attracted widespread attention: First, the U.S. media outlet The Wall Street Journal revealed that during Xi Jinping's recent overseas visits (such as to the U.S. and India), there were signs of deteriorating physical condition. His White House schedule was significantly compressed, and special lounge arrangements were made, sparking outside concerns about his health and the succession issue within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Second, a female researcher at a plague prevention research institute in Russia's Siberian Far East died from a suspected unknown pulmonary disease, triggering large-scale quarantine and official information blockades, reminiscent of the early days of the Wuhan outbreak. It also mentioned that China and Russia previously held a cross-border infectious disease joint exercise in Heilongjiang.

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Today, the U.S. side confirmed two things that are of great significance to us, especially the second half, which you must listen to carefully, especially those who understand Chinese. It's very important. Let's talk about the first part first. This time, regarding Xi Jinping's health problems, there might be risks before he seeks another term at the 21st National Congress. What the U.S. side confirmed this time is fundamentally different from previous speculations or online guesses based on seeing him walk slower, wear elevated shoes, or have a swollen face—wondering if he had a stroke. The Wall Street Journal directly asked people involved in arranging Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S. and his entourage, and dug up and summarized some very intriguing details. Before Xi's departure, the Chinese side requested that the U.S. prepare a private lounge in the West Wing of the White House. That sounds like nothing, right? Let me explain. This room was not used for meetings, nor was it for the Chinese delegation to use together. Only Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan were allowed to enter. Even the curator of the residence couldn't enter, and neither could Cai Qi, the chief eunuch equivalent and Director of the CCP Central Committee General Office. Some people who are new to CCP topics might not know who Cai Qi is. He is one of the most core and closest political aides around Xi Jinping. Before the 20th National Congress, he was also pre-positioned as the mayor and party secretary of Beijing. The so-called "clearing out the low-end population" and repatriation plans back then were the political achievements he was most proud of. Yet even Cai Qi was blocked outside the door. This isn't simply like in democratic countries where family members go in and you can't; it's not that simple. And if there were only one lounge, you could say it's no big deal because a 73-year-old person flying for more than ten hours would naturally be tired. But the question is, is the plane he flies on the same grade as what ordinary people or even business class passengers fly? It is completely on a different level, so I don't know what he is tired from.

The problems followed one after another, becoming even more bizarre. The report summary pointed out that informed sources who attended the summit also said that the Chinese advance team had already rejected the working lunch for the Trump-Xi meeting originally scheduled for September 24, which was the only full day of the summit, citing the reason that they wanted Xi Jinping to have more time to rest and recover. As a result, a gap was abruptly created in the entire itinerary. But if you look at Trump's visit to Beijing in May, his public appearances were far more numerous than Xi Jinping's, and he even accepted exclusive interviews with multiple television stations. You have to realize that Trump is about 6 or 7 years older than Xi Jinping. Furthermore, let's compare where Xi Jinping went one or two weeks before his visit to the United States: India. The distance from India to China is vastly different from the distance from China to Washington. Xi Jinping couldn't even handle the distance to India, and he suddenly canceled the dinner for numerous national leaders, choosing to rest at the hotel instead, with Wang Yi filling in for him. Of course, one of the Middle Eastern crown princes also did not attend this summit dinner, but he had already given advance notice, saying, 'I won't be attending the dinner; I need to return to my country to handle state affairs.' Compared to Xi Jinping's sudden cancellation—'I can't hold up, I've really taken 20 painkillers and it's still not working'—this is a completely different political interpretation.

But let's return to the night Xi Jinping visited the United States; although there were no public events, on the last day, a strange point emerged. The U.S. side had arranged a longer time, originally intending to take him to visit the National Archives Museum, right? In the end, the itinerary was compressed to only 10 minutes. I ask you, with 10 minutes plus the time for translation, what exactly is Xi Jinping going to see and hear? In those 10 minutes plus translation time, he wouldn't be able to understand the U.S. Constitution, the spirit of the U.S. founding, or even the Treaty of San Francisco or the Treaty of Tianjin; there wouldn't even be enough time for the translation. This was just a condition of exchange; the U.S. side thought this might allow the Chinese side to obtain something—I am hinting at something here—but due to his physical condition, it was abruptly shortened to 10 minutes. Plus, the Chinese side wanted to reduce the time Xi Jinping had to stand, right, to conserve his energy. And when Xi Jinping was getting on and off the plane, he was holding onto his 'cane,' the First Lady Peng Liyuan, with one hand and the railing with the other. This has become especially severe in recent years; even Trump, who is 7 years older than him, walks faster than he does. Although we cannot conclude whether Xi Jinping's ailments will gradually affect his intelligence, judgment, or emotions in the future—because once emotions become agitated, it affects many judgments—even if his foot pain is unbearable, if you have to judge a very urgent situation, perhaps a sudden miscalculation between China and the U.S. that could turn into a hot war, if you get agitated because of your physical pain, you might just trigger that hot war. So this is also a risk regarding whether he is fit to continue serving as a national leader.

There is another matter that is more certain than before: Beijing indeed significantly altered the itinerary for the less-than-two-day U.S. summit for the sake of Xi Jinping's rest. This is not our own fantasy; this is a comprehensive report made by the Wall Street Journal based on numerous White House personnel involved in the summit preparations. If it were just the First Lady alone, you could explain it as skipping a lunch, or you could explain it as wanting to rest after a long-haul flight, which would be perfectly reasonable. But when combined with the India summit, these compressed itineraries, and the 5-hour gap in the private lounge where even Cai Qi couldn't enter, at the same time that the outside world is questioning whether Xi Jinping's physical stamina can still handle any national-level itinerary, this issue is no longer just internet gossip. Perhaps everyone knows that Xi Jinping's health has problems. The 7 members of the Politburo Standing Committee, including Cai Qi and Wang Hu-ning, certainly know, but the question is, how much do they know? I am just hypothesizing: based on historical experience, if Xi Jinping has three types of ailments, then Cai Qi might know about two, and Wang Hu-ning might know about one. We, the ordinary people in the outside world, are just guessing, and Xi Jinping certainly does not want even those close to him to know the full picture. So, I fear the only ones who know the truth are the First Lady and his wife Liyuan. It seems we all guessed wrong about the 21st Party Congress; the successor is not Cai Qi, and certainly not Li Qiang, but Chen Zhihan. Of course, jokes aside, although we haven't seen the Chinese side's obvious election interference against Taiwan yet, because they have to finish the Fifth Plenary Session first, the real large-scale national offensive by the Chinese internet army will come after the end of October and early November. Everyone should be extra vigilant.

What really makes us realize this matter suddenly became a political issue is the timing. Today is October 6, and in less than three weeks is the CCP Fifth Plenary Session we just mentioned, which will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29. This time, more than 300 members and alternate members of the CCP Central Committee will all gather in Zhongnanhai, with the main theme being the persistent advancement of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Translated into terms everyone can understand: amid US-China confrontation, how to take Taiwan, economic deflation, sluggish domestic demand, plus the era of external price hikes driven by the Iranian war, and how Russia is going to fleece us again, how can the entire Party continue to pledge loyalty to Xi Jinping's team to take over the 21st National Congress and the term from 2027 to 2032. Of course, the Fifth Plenary Session itself is not a formal meeting for a successor, but clues can be seen. This year is also particularly sensitive because one year after the Fifth Plenary Session ends—or rather, less than a year—is the 21st National Congress of the CCP in 2027. And the 21st National Congress is the crucial meeting that will truly reorganize the leadership, the Party, government, and military leadership teams of the CCP, determining whether Xi Jinping will continue for a fourth term as General Secretary, including Chairman of the Military Commission, and how the next round of the entire power structure will be ranked. Then the question is, if Xi Jinping himself knows that his health will continue to deteriorate over the next year or two, will he continue to seek reelection, or will he hand over power to Cai Qi, whom people expect, or even Li Qiang, whom I think is unlikely? Many people believe, and some factional figures also believe, that a situation similar to Deng Xiaoping's handling of the June Fourth incident might occur, where someone with no obvious factional background, like Jiang Zemin, is found to take over. Because in fact, it is not only the Communist Party that encounters such problems; within our own political parties in Taiwan, when internal factions of two major forces are struggling and you need to figure out how to unite, you find someone with no obvious factional allegiance to serve as that leader, and then let everyone submit and unite as one heart because he has no factional color. You should know which party I am talking about.

Of course, right now we don't see any signs that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing this, or signs of a repeat of June Fourth, or that Xi Jinping has the motivation and opportunity to do so. So this is also why, once a problem arises with Xi Jinping's health, trouble begins. Because in the past, the CCP at least had a succession script that everyone could understand; before Hu Jintao there was Jiang Zemin, and before Xi Jinping came to power, everyone knew it would be him, and the one competing with him might be Bo Xilai, even though his son Bo Guagua is still pathetically sucking up to the CCP and stepping by stepping climbing to the highest positions, and even though he was supposed to hand over next to Hu Chunhua, Xi Jinping has now been continuously ruling for 14 years, without a publicly designated successor. If health issues truly emerge before the 21st National Congress that are sufficient to affect his governing capacity, that might force the CCP to face the succession issue that has always been kicked down the road—who are the candidates for the succession team? Because no successor has been prepared, when a real change happens, it will not be a neat and orderly handover of power. And once succession becomes chaotic, it will appear extremely complicated for the entire Taiwan Strait situation and international relations. Therefore, what is most anticipated in the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session is actually not how much more of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era will be written for the whole party to obey, or taking down Zhang Youxia, but whether Xi Jinping will preside over the meeting completely according to past patterns, what his appearance will look like in the camera shots, whether the public footage will be shortened, who sits in which positions, and whose expressions differ from the past? Will this round of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party bring out a new batch of young high-ranking officials, or who from the People's Liberation Army system will come to deal with the issues of the Taiwan Strait, the Eastern Theater Command, and the Rocket Force? This is the prelude to next year's 21st National Congress. Because in a party-state system where power is highly concentrated in a single person, the top leader's physical condition is naturally not a private matter. Once everyone begins to doubt whether he can maintain his original work intensity, and whether physical ailments might lead him to misjudge the situation and continue leading China down an abyss of no return, the very first thing everyone underneath thinks about is: if one day he really can't do the job anymore, who takes over? And the most fascinating person is Cai Qi. Just think about it, this person in Beijing is practically Xi Jinping's most important chief steward, and Beidaihe—in recent years, the management of Beidaihe meetings has been handed over by Wang Huning to this Cai Qi, to meet with experts, scholars, and top-tier mentors. There were even outside rumors about whether he might be the number two successor, yet when arriving at the White House, even Cai Qi couldn't get into the lounge. Of course, this doesn't mean Cai Qi might be losing power; it could also mean Xi Jinping truly possesses a mindset like the Chongzhen Emperor—even if you have power, even if no one dares to challenge you, but today what I really want to talk about is what we mentioned just moments ago: it's not just that people in Beijing are discussing Xi Jinping's health, there is also a global health issue we must pay attention to that will affect the world and even Taiwan. It involves Russia, which has very close relations with the CCP, as a situation suddenly broke out that has even caught the attention of the US White House and Trump.

This incident happened in a certain city in Siberia, Russia. There is a very alarming local institution called the Far East Anti-Plague Institute. A 28-year-old female staff member suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized in late September due to a suspected rat-borne disease, and she passed away on October 2. The official Russian statement right now is that she died of an unspecified lung issue. But the problem is, if it were really that simple, why was the subsequent reaction so massive? Russia's top health official personally flew to the local area to hold an emergency meeting. According to numerous media reports, about 200 contacts were quarantined and observed, dozens of staff members from the research institute were even locked inside waiting for testing, some hospitals were sealed off, and an aluminum plant even required employees to start wearing masks, just like everyone did over those past four or five years. Here comes the most bizarre part: local Russian media, Lake Baikal Media, quoted sources stating that when this researcher went to the research institute on September 25, she allegedly broke a test tube—you've all seen Resident Evil, right, she broke that test tube—and then everyone just went about their business, right? However, the Russian authorities denied this, saying there were no such leaks and no evidence to prove her death was related to her work, perhaps implying she was naturally frail and sickly, and so on. But as you know, Russia is a federal country composed of many republics. Therefore, the head of a neighboring republic called the Buryatia Republic initially even publicly wrote that the woman died of the plague. Later, likely due to pressure from the Moscow center, this was changed to possibly dying of the plague. The local government account had previously told residents not to go near that area, citing unofficial news indicating such conditions locally. Russia's REN TV also deleted multiple related posts. So do you see? These inconsistencies are the truth that prevents the outside world from simply accepting a perfunctory "everything is normal" and walking away. Just think of Li Wenliang. Of course, there are even more exaggerated versions online now claiming that over 1,000 people have already been observed and quarantined, potentially a hundred times worse than Wuhan back then. Of course, there is currently no official news to verify this, but think back to when the Chinese Communist Party had the Wuhan incident—how long did it take for the world to recognize it? When the outbreak happened back then, I was still in Vienna. Fortunately, there was Taiwan's presidential election, so I came back; otherwise, I would have had to stay longer, and I might have actually lived in Europe, stuck under lockdown for half a year or a year, arresting a few Li Wenliangs. Back then in China, Russia and the Chinese Communist Party are authoritarian states sharing the same origin, and information can never get the most truthful picture.

So let's take a look at what Trump said. What does this have to do with Taiwan? Just ask yourselves what the Wuhan pandemic had to do with everyone; just think about it. China and Russia are like a good father and son, and personnel between the two countries travel frequently. Last year's data shows that over 3.2 million people from Taiwan visited China—of course, many were there to apply for ID cards. And how many European and American travelers have visited Russia before traveling on to Taiwan? This video also shows that some Russian aircraft are checking for related illnesses, so what do you think is the reason for this? I hope it can be contained, and I hope it is just a rumor or hearsay. I sincerely hope so, otherwise, everyone really cannot bear it again. Moreover, Trump said that this time it is truly more terrifying than in 2019 and 2020. Now, let's rewind the clock five weeks, from August 24th to August 27th. China's Heilongjiang province held a joint China-Russia cross-border infectious disease epidemic drill. Even more coincidentally, do you know that among those from the Russian side who attended and gave speeches was the director of this plague research institute—the very one where the incident occurred? They even rehearsed three scenarios, discussing how to prevent these things if they were to spread between Russia and China. It goes without saying. More than a month ago, both sides were already thinking about whether there was a possibility of these leaks, potential infections, and cross-border transmission, because Siberia is right above Northeast China. As it turns out, five weeks later, a large-scale incident of this kind broke out in the place that participated in the drill. Of course, they say it's an isolated case. You tell me, isn't that a coincidence? We don't know. So, circling back to what I said earlier about Xi Jinping, why does the outside world keep speculating about Xi Jinping's health? It's not because everyone is particularly interested in studying how a 73-year-old man stole the gym owner's wife or how he walks in high heels—no. It is because the CCP has never had a set of institutions or media personnel that are truly transparent and subject to third-party or fourth-party oversight of their leaders or the entire national system and policies. Why is the whole world watching Russia now? It's the same reason: because everyone cannot see those truly authentic words from Russia either. And precisely because the official Russian narrative is inconsistent—deleting posts and imposing quarantines, independent media exposing things only to have them deleted, and then exposed again—it is highly opaque, just like the CCP. This is the biggest problem with this system. The most terrifying thing about a dictatorship is not necessarily what kind of earth-shattering conspiracy they are hiding, but that when you really need to know the truth, you have no idea which words can be trusted. That's the end of today's video. If you like it, remember to subscribe; if you don't, be sure to block me. I am Bajiong, see you next time, bye.