Dizzying: Xi Jinping's ID stolen for online loans? Shanghai is collapsing! Huang Qifan rumored to be arrested, linked to the Bo Xilai case? Huawei fans revolt: calling People's Daily a "traitor media"; 360 boss Zhou Hongyi breaks his leg, Cheetah Mobile boss Fu Sheng celebrates with champagne! (Old Beijing Teahouse/Episode 1771/2026/10/12)
The main content of this episode includes: rumors that someone successfully took out an online loan using Xi Jinping's ID number and footage from the Xinwen Lianbo; a sharp drop in first-grade primary school enrollment in Shanghai, sparking discussions about the bankruptcy of the middle class; rumors that former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifang has been investigated, triggering various interpretations and discussions regarding the political winds; 360 boss Zhou Hongyi breaking his leg while rock climbing, and Cheetah Mobile boss Fu Sheng celebrating in a WeChat Moments post, drawing widespread attention; and the controversy surrounding a broken brake bracket on a Huawei Zunjie car, which led to Huawei fans besieging and fiercely cursing People's Daily after it published an article.
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They say the world is full of wonders, and even CCP leader Xi Jinping has to be convinced—what's going on? According to a leak by the X account @China_Frog_Toad, rumors circulate that someone used Xi Jinping's ID number and a video clip of his face from Xinwen Lianbo to successfully scam an online loan. This is truly committing a daring act of defiance right on the authorities' doorstep; scamming online loan wool right from the head of the head instructor of scam syndicates. The borrowed amount isn't even that much—just 103,000. The credit limit is low, but the attitude is infuriating. The guy who scammed the online loan even issued an open challenge from afar: "If you have the ability, come find me and get it back." Spectators were amused to tears, leaving a flood of negative reviews for the high-interest loan sharks, mocking them: "You only gave Chairman Xi a 103,000 limit? Who are you looking down on?"
Jokes aside, for a scammer to be bold enough to pierce the heavens, apart from illustrating that the CCP party-state's society has suffered a moral collapse, there is only one reason: everyone is out of money. Without money, everything is gone. With the arrival of the wave of middle-class unemployment and returning to poverty, the once tranquil-looking bubble middle-class are downgrading their consumption, tightening their belts, and maximally lowering their material, physical, and even physiological needs.
Do you know what the situation is like in Shanghai, the ceiling of party-state cities? Besides the disappearance of the bustling crowds in commercial districts, why have even the once lively primary school campuses gone quiet? X account writer Cui Chenghao revealed: Can you imagine what Shanghai is like today? First-grade classes cannot even recruit enough students. The East City Campus of the Pudong Normal University Affiliated Primary School still had 5 classes in the third grade, but only 3 classes left in the first grade, and even then, they weren't fully enrolled. This is the speed of population decline in the mega-city of Shanghai—losing two classes in two years, which is jaw-dropping. Many primary school teachers have no classes to teach and are facing massive unemployment. Netizens responded by saying that most of the children attending public primary schools in Shanghai probably come from middle-class families. The middle class is almost entirely bankrupt, either not daring to have children or taking their kids and returning to their hometowns. The real estate market is the same; most of it was propped up by the middle class. Without the middle class, the Chinese economy is basically finished. Former middle-class now bankrupt and proletarian individuals expressed that all six wallets in their families have been wiped out to zero by the deceit of the TuGong and Xi the Steamed Bun. Their money has been conned away, their jobs conned away, a pile of mortgages and car loans conned onto them, and they were even conned into having children. We are the last generation, alright?
Even the Cyberspace Administration of China can no longer hold it back; no matter how many fig leaves they try to use, they cannot cover up the videos of hungry and cold working-class people, including one particularly inspiring video. On October 11, a netizen uploaded a video on Douyin showing an elderly grandmother with a wrinkled face, bending over as she used both hands to lift large concrete blocks from the ground into a nearby wheelbarrow. The page showed that the video received 18,000 likes and 36,000 shares. Looking at the comment section, it was completely wiped clean, leaving only a single comment. A netizen on X remarked with mixed feelings, "My jaw dropped at first glance," noting that the livelihood issues of the party-state's happy working class have apparently been "basically resolved." Fully resolved—isn't that speechless? Thinking back to the Chi Ma Hong Yang prediction, on April 27 this year, the website of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was still desperately promoting Xi Jinping's speech about how all 56 ethnic groups have been lifted out of poverty, leaving not a single one behind. One wonders how many grassroots people, forcibly pulled out of poverty, are living as if enduring torture, leading them to sigh that they will never come back to be human in their next life. Look right here: two extraordinary grandmothers coming to the factory today to move concrete bricks, wishing them good health to keep going and hoping she lives to be 93. Alas, I heave a long sigh to hide my tears, mourning the many hardships of the people's livelihood. Did you catch the underlying meaning?
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Speaking of the new era under Xi Jinping, neither the common people nor the officials can live in peace; the playing field has been completely leveled. Yesterday, on the evening of October 11, 2026, Eastern Time, an X account named BlueSky posted a message with a dialogue screenshot. The screenshot showed a person with an avatar of a man in a suit sending a message to a friend saying that Huang Qifan was taken away today. The friend uttered an "Ah," and the man in the suit subsequently said that Huang was originally scheduled to give a lecture at Tsinghua University tomorrow and temporarily asked him to step in as a substitute. BlueSky stated that Huang Qifan was taken away for investigation. He was once hailed as the "financial mayor," having started his career in Shanghai, where he was once a worker at the Shanghai Coking Plant. He deeply participated in the development and opening up of Pudong, serving as deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Government and mayor of Chongqing until stepping down in 2016. However, some netizens raised doubts, pointing out that Huang Qifan was still attending an event and giving a lecture in Zhongshan the day before yesterday, and provided a photo from the lecture site on high-quality development for the 15th Five-Year Plan.
In fact, the doubts raised by netizens are not surprising. In the CCP officialdom, there are too many cases where someone is still loudly talking about anti-corruption on the podium in the morning, only to be put in handcuffs and taken away for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for corruption issues in the afternoon. A netizen, curious, went to check websites within the Great Firewall and later said that a Baidu search returned only newly published articles about Huang Qifan posted by self-media accounts, mostly rehashing old news—it felt a bit like "the thief shouting 'the stolen money is not buried here'." Early this morning, Eastern Time on October 108, an X account named Isa sent a one-sentence news update: Huang Qifan, former secretary of the Party Leadership Group and former mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, has been taken away for investigation. At 8:03 in the morning, the X account Baiguan Xingshu posted more detailed text: Huang Qifan, member of the 18th Central Committee, former mayor of Chongqing, and executive vice-chairman of the Academic Committee of the China National Innovation and Development Strategy Research Association, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
A netizen left a comment saying that Huang Qifan bears unshirkable responsibility for financial loans, especially internet finance personal loans and consumer loans. Financial licenses for many enterprises were approved in Chongqing during his tenure, and those are now being cleaned up. Tang Ning of CreditEase being arrested is a concrete example, marking another major piece of news. Financial giant CreditEase founder Tang Ning and his wife Zhao Mei were subjected to criminal coercive measures by the Beijing Chaoyang police. The money of nearly 100,000 high-net-worth investors may be completely lost, and rumors of Huang Qifan's downfall are reportedly directly related to this background. Independent current affairs commentator Cai Shenkun lamented on his X account: the political survivor Huang Qifan has finally fallen. The Fifth Plenary Session was a cruel party-purging meeting. As a veteran heavyweight of the Shanghai Gang, Huang Qifan survived the major catastrophe involving Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun during his term as mayor of Chongqing and thought he had landed safely, but he still failed to escape autumn settlement after the death of his patron at the national-leader level, Wu Bangguo. For the Shanghai Gang, this is just the beginning, with bigger storms brewing behind the scenes, and this storm is likely to affect the political destination of Ding Xuexiang, the youngest Politburo Standing Committee member at the national-leader level since the 20th National Congress.
Renowned economist and current affairs commentator Professor He Qinglian left a comment under the post noting that as an official who has weathered many major crises and whose physical body remains in China while speaking so freely, one wonders what is on his mind. The X account Finding lamented that it seems another bloody storm is coming before Xi Jinping's reappointment next year. Huang Qifan still has some real substance among CCP officials; economist Yu Yongding once said that China's "capable officials" and "hard workers" include little Huang, Wu Xiaobo said "when the state has difficult matters, read Qifan," and Zhang Wuchang also spoke highly early on of Huang Qifan's achievements in promoting the electronic industry in Chongqing. A netizen capped it with a matching couplet: this is the Xi era, whoever has influence, a good reputation, and real capability is bound to be finished.
X account Mr. Sanpiao has an exclusive broadcast, stating that over 30 years ago, he had dealings with Huang Qifan. At that time, Huang was the Director of the Economic Information Center of the Shanghai Economic Commission, and he participated in their economic development forecasting model project for Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta. When Huang listened to the report, he didn't understand it at first, but after less than half an hour of reporting, he understood it completely and even participated in the discussion of details. He was very smart, quick-witted, sensitive to numbers, and had an excellent memory. When he went to Chongqing to serve as mayor, he followed Bo Xilai a bit too closely. After Bo Xilai's downfall, he almost got into trouble himself but was saved by Wu Bangguo. As a technocrat, he was politically immature and was implicated by Bo Xilai for picking the wrong side; otherwise, he should have been able to become a Vice Premier in charge of the economy. After Wu Bangguo passed away, there was no one left to protect him, but he is already 74 years old and does not have much political power. There is no need for Xi Jinping to target him, right? Could it be that old Huang failed to keep his mouth shut and criticized Xi's methods? I hope he is safe and sound.
Another person online who has had dealings with Huang Qifan is X account Louis Chongzhen. He posted today at noon, Eastern Time, that it is rumored online that Huang Qifan is under investigation. He mentioned that he has dined with Huang, noting that the man has ability. As a veteran of the officialdom, he ultimately could not withstand the 'Seven-Injury Fist' of Xi the Steamed Bun. So, is the 'tumbler' Huang Qifan really falling this time, or will he just wobble a few times and remain as steady as Mount Tai? Let us wait and see. For all you tea friends, health maintenance is a daily routine, so the focus is on substance: what are the ingredients, is it troublesome to consume, and is it cost-effective to buy long-term? Thanks to today's program sponsor, Lucent Living. A friend in our teahouse has been subscribed to their red sea cucumber health gel for eleven months now. From the first trial purchase to continuous selection, we see a genuine recognition. This health gel uses wild red sea cucumbers hand-harvested by Jeju Island haenyeo, with a formula containing 90% red sea cucumber enzyme extract, flavored with blueberry concentrate. It comes in individual sachets, requiring no soaking or stewing, making it much easier to add sea cucumber to your daily diet. So, what are the discounts for a monthly subscription? After you enter 'chaguan' to join this plan, you can enjoy a 15% discount in the first month, and from the second month onwards, it will be reduced to a 20% discount. That's not all; you will also receive Ginseng Emperor tablets and a red sea cucumber, which is worth 27 US dollars. Regular orders in the US are currently expected to start shipping in mid-November. If you are in a hurry to take it, it is recommended that you join now to ensure normal shipping, and you can also participate in the Lucent Living lucky draw. Tea friends who want to know more can click on the description bar below to choose the plan that suits you, and remember to use the discount code 'chaguan' to enjoy 15% off.
In the CCP party-state, one often hears the saying, 'Competitors are enemies,' and sometimes, enemies happen to cross paths. 360 boss Zhou Hongyi accidentally fell and fractured his leg while rock climbing. Cheetah Mobile Chairman Fu Sheng posted on his WeChat Moments late at night, 'Heaven has eyes, Hong's knee deserves to shatter.' Note that Fu Sheng once worked under Zhou Hongyi in his early years; Zhou Hongyi was his former boss. Why did the two show such a complete break in their relationship? Li Zheng will briefly tell you about this war of words. First, the latest gossip: on October 11, 56-year-old Zhou Hongyi posted a video revealing, 'I did something really unlucky. I lost my grip while bouldering at a height of three meters and fell. When I landed, I failed to buffer correctly, and my left leg took the full impact. I heard my knee snap, and my left leg was ruined.' Hospital examinations showed a comminuted fracture of the left knee, a broken left fibula, joint effusion, and soft tissue swelling—a pile of injuries. Zhou Hongyi himself said that all business trips and public activities for the next two to three months are cancelled. Logically, when a business tycoon is injured, everyone should at least be polite on the surface and wish him a speedy recovery. But instead, late at night, Cheetah Mobile Chairman Fu Sheng suddenly threw out eight earth-shattering characters on his WeChat Moments: 'Heaven has eyes, Hong's knee deserves to shatter.'
As soon as these eight characters appeared, netizens were instantly stunned: the 'Hong' of Zhou Hongyi, the 'Xi' of knee (xigai), 'Heaven has eyes, Hong-Xi should be shattered' (Cangtian youyan Hong-Xi dang sui). Translated into plain language, it means 'Heaven has opened its eyes, and your knees deserve to be shattered.' The onlookers were left with their jaws dropped. What kind of deep-seated hatred and resentment could make the chairman of a listed company with a net worth of over 100 million yuan so happy upon hearing that his former boss had fractured a bone—as if he were getting married during the Lunar New Year—that he would disregard his dignity and post this on his WeChat Moments? To explain this clearly, we have to rewind the timeline. Back in 2003, 25-year-old Fu Sheng joined Zhou Hongyi's 3721 company. He was noticed for his outstanding ability to write meeting minutes. In 2005, Zhou Hongyi founded Qihu, and Fu Sheng became one of the first core members, leading the development of the 360 Safeguard 'rogue' software. This free antivirus software quickly accumulated over 100 million users, directly pushing 360 to the position of hegemon in the security field. Fu Sheng was therefore called the 'father of 360 Safeguard.' It was a deep bond between master and apprentice, a relationship of a talent scout and his star pupil; everything seemed perfect. According to the tropes in storytelling, Fu Sheng was a founding general with great military exploits, but since ancient times, those whose achievements overshadow their masters often meet a bad end. Old Zhou is a person with an extremely strong desire for control, and the young and vigorous Fu Sheng gradually felt that he was being squeezed and restricted in the company. By 2008, the two had completely fallen out due to irreconcilable differences, and Fu Sheng was forced to leave in anger. If it had just been a peaceful breakup, that would have been fine, but Old Zhou played the most ruthless card in the Chinese business world: a non-compete agreement and a siege of lawsuits. After Fu Sheng resigned, Zhou Hongyi considered him a traitor and pursued him relentlessly in the internet circle. As soon as Fu Sheng founded Keniu Imaging, 360 immediately blocked it. Later, with Lei Jun's mediation, Keniu and Kingsoft Security merged to form Kingsoft Network, which later became Cheetah Mobile, directly engaging in close-quarters combat with 360 in the security track. Old Zhou was completely enraged and directly sued Fu Sheng in the Hong Kong High Court for violating the non-disclosure agreement. Fu Sheng also retaliated by writing '19 Lies Fabricated by Zhou Hongyi.' These lies were indeed numerous. The two fought from the PC era to the mobile era, from verbal wars to capital wars, becoming the Guo Degang and Cao Yunjin case of the internet circle, with grievances as deep as the sea.
Time flew by for more than a decade. In January 2024, with the explosion of the AI large model trend, these two veterans struggling on the edge of the internet actually staged a 'century-old reconciliation' at Cheetah's AI launch event for the sake of their respective companies' interests. People want reconciliation; Zhou Hongyi smiled on stage and said that past events don't count and we should look forward. Fu Sheng also acted like a relieved junior. At that time, the whole internet was sighing that a big shot is a big shot, and this breadth of mind and vision was truly 'a smile meeting to dissolve grievances.' It seemed that the twenty years of grudges were finally going to be turned over, but it didn't take long before it was flipped back. The business reconciliation was blown away by a gust of wind. On March 20, 2026, Fu Sheng started tearing into Zhou Hongyi in multiple WeChat groups in the early morning. He bluntly stated that Old Zhou had played a disappearing act regarding the 100 million yuan debt he promised to repay, and finally just blocked him. Fu Sheng posted an apology, which is the reason he celebrated Old Zhou's injury. Of course, looking back, the public opinion was too fierce and he regretted it, so Fu Sheng posted an apology: 'I was drunk that night and my emotions were unstable. I didn't expect it to be widely reprinted by the media, and I am now reflecting and blaming myself.' In fact, you can hear that an apology is an apology, but the resentment has not dissipated at all. Netizens instantly reacted, thinking they had reconciled, but it turned out the hatred was as deep as ever. Some joked that the feud between the internet's Guo Degang and Cao Yunjin is longer than a Mexican soap opera. As the saying goes, it is hard for an honest official to settle family affairs. As former partners and current competitors, business people with profit above everything will certainly have their own justifications. As observers on the sidelines, netizens have their own judgment criteria. One netizen said, 'Setting aside the grievances, Zhou Hongyi's rogue 360 could have landed him in prison for life in other countries with rule of law.' Another netizen was even harsher: 'I don't know Fu, but Zhou is a bad guy.'
These days, the Huawei Maextro V800's three-part brake failure has caused an uproar, and subsequent flip-overs are coming one after another; it's hard to keep up. The key is that there are 'compilation books' (records of past events) to set the standard. Netizens shared a reference case: in 2010, when Toyota had brake problems, President Akio Toyoda publicly bowed and apologized, recalled 437,000 vehicles globally, the vice president spent two hours explaining the reasons to reporters, promised to stop production before repairs, and even flew to Beijing three weeks later to apologize to Chinese consumers. In contrast, certain national brands only know how to shift blame, delete posts, ban accounts, and silence people when their brake brackets break. Finally, a heartbreaking summary: 'Boycotting foreign goods is not as good as boycotting stupid goods.' With this reminder, netizens sent heartfelt likes to the Dongchedi three-part brake failure video that had already been purged. Halfway through, they were deflated by a piece of news. The circulating QQ chat record is hilarious: the notary office ran away. What's going on? It turns out that Dongchedi bought a total of six cars, three for testing, and the remaining three were sealed under the supervision of the notary office throughout the process, just to prevent Huawei from counter-accusing Dongchedi of tampering with the new cars. You see, I didn't tamper with them, and I made such foolproof arrangements, right? Well, now this news is spreading: the notary office tore off the seals themselves and ran away. 'Our notarization doesn't count, and we don't know what happened to your three cars.' What kind of meme is 'running away'? Did they run away with the cars, or did they tear off the seals and run away with the people and the seals? The problem is that the notarization document you signed has an electronic file. Can you be so unscrupulous in covering your ears to steal a bell? I hope this news is a joke, but the reality that Huawei covers the sky with one hand and deals with every move by being unrepentant is something people on Earth have seen clearly.
Take a look at this, as a video uploaded by a blogger on October 10 showed a black Aito SUV parked by the curb. The left side of the body was noticeably lower, and a wheel that had detached from the body could be seen next to the car. Two wheels had rolled off on their own, prompting the blogger to sarcastically comment, "Abandon the wheels to save the car, brilliant, losing two wheels, haha." By October 12, the blogger's account page no longer had any visible posts. Look at this as well: recently, a netizen posted with their real name on Moments and Weibo stating that when their Aito M9's battery dropped from 20% to 19%, it automatically switched from four-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive, causing the vehicle to drift and crash the front end. They stated that after contacting the 400 customer service hotline, the representative followed protocol and told them that since there were no casualties, they could not connect them with management, telling them, "You should go rest." Whether due to immense public anger and extremely high public opinion risks, suddenly after these incidents occurred, the Chinese Communist Party official media stepped in. On October 10, Xinjiang Fabu, an official account under the Information Office of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Government, published an article titled "Can You Speak Human Language When Responding to Product Safety Issues?", calling on car companies to directly respond to consumers' doubts regarding product safety in light of the recent incident involving the fracture of the Maextro brake pedal bracket. However, the article soon showed that the content could not be viewed due to the author's privacy settings. Subsequently, a video circulated online showing Elephant News from the Henan Television station amplifying the voice of Xinjiang Fabu. Netizens remarked that the wind direction seemed to have changed, noting that the wording was already very stern, and wondered if Huawei fans would defect today.
On October 11, the People’s Daily client published an article titled "Four Departments Join Forces to Say No to 'Quick-Training Cars'," discussing the incident of the Maextro V800 brake pedal bracket fracture and pointing out that while the incident still awaited authoritative investigation conclusions, a car's brake pedal should never fracture while driving. Then came the interesting part: after the People’s Daily published its piece focusing on the fracture of the Maextro brake pedal bracket, Huawei fans targeted the People’s Daily, angrily denouncing it as a traitorous media outlet and a second-rate newspaper. They made remarks like, "Let everyone experience what the arrogance and unreasonableness of power is," "Just a traitorous media outlet," and "Truly a second-rate newspaper." A hardcore Huawei fan even took to the streets with a big-character poster reading, "Down with the overseas unscrupulous media Cheshi"—mistaking it for the People’s Daily perhaps—"Defend JAC Motors, defend Chinese cars, long live the ever-victorious Mao Zedong Thought!" Netizens were utterly amused, exclaiming that even the People's Daily had become a traitorous media outlet, and wondering if Xinwen Lianbao would be next, as the big trousers building surely couldn't be left out. Huawei's online trolls were so out of line that they even dared to attack the People's Daily, showing their habitual arrogance; if no one disciplined them, armed defense of Huawei would be next. Some netizens joked that with Huawei's appeal, they could start a country, so why live under someone else's roof. Another netizen, smiling secretly while speaking earnestly, said they felt Huawei's appeal was strong enough to genuinely consider doing something big, suggesting they could issue a secret conscription order through the HarmonyOS system, after which, at a single command from Yu Chengdong, tens of millions of Harmony revolutionary soldiers across the country would instantly rise in revolt, overturn the communists' lairs everywhere, and establish the State of Huawei, historically known as the Harmony Revolution. Another netizen let their imagination run wild, suggesting that after the successful Harmony Revolution, Yu Chengdong would ascend the throne as emperor, honor Ren Zhengfei as the retired emperor, abolish the Qingfeng era name in favor of Chengdong, and in the fifth year of Chengdong formally declare war on Apple President Zhang Tieling and Supreme Leader Cook. Someone asked in terror, "Are you talking about Xi stepping down and Yu stepping up?" The comment section instantly quieted down until one person weakly replied, "Xi stepping down and Yu stepping up has no chance, but I have a feeling Huawei might just be the next Evergrande and Hui Ka Yan?" Alright, the poll results from the last episode have been posted on the community bulletin board, feel free to check them out. New tea friends, don't forget to click subscribe and the little bell, and tea friends are also welcome to click on the red sea cucumber health jelly recommended by the brothers. Links are pinned in the top comment of the text bar below the topic, let's go! Multiple new products launched with passion this week, Spicy News Stir-Fry is a must-see, goodbye. ওষুধের