Xi Jinping rushes back to Beijing, Hu Chunhua and Ren Zhengfei making trouble? Anti-CCP sentiment on Chinese social media spins out of control, taxi driver: Give me a gun! How hard is it to make money? Young people don't have kids and raise pets instead! (Old Beijing Teahouse / Episode 1744 / 2026/09/15)
The video continues the satire of Xi Jinping's situation after the BRICS summit in India, and compiles multiple phenomena seen as failures of social and political control, including a taxi driver publicly criticizing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Bilibili user Chen Xiaohong being banned after making anti‑one‑party‑rule remarks, a Little Pink account that reposted loyalty content being frozen on QQ, and rumors of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s family disappearing while Hu Chunhua accompanied Wang Huning to meet foreign guests. The latter part focuses on issues such as China’s negative population growth, reductions in schools and kindergartens, low birth rates, youth unemployment, wage arrears, tax back‑payment after company deregistration, and the disappearance of the founder of Qianye Jewelry.
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In the previous article, it was said that CCP leader Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, was repeatedly humiliated by Prime Minister Modi, suffered mishaps and rashes, and left early, rushing back to the country. Perhaps the four major AIs shouted “pig head” at him, enraging him and prompting a hasty return to torture the Doubao AI, seeing if it dares to call the old Xi a pig head.
When Xi arrived he pretended to be calm and composed, but when he left he was completely frantic, scrambling away. The front yard is in shambles, the back yard is on fire, a double‑sided attack—where can old Xi hide? Red horse, red sheep, six relatives share the same fate; the CCP is reaching its end‑times destiny, divine retribution annihilates it, and the whole Earth resonates. Escaping back is still “bag‑insult” treatment, meaning returning home brings humiliation.
Before Xi even got back, someone was already on the CCP courtroom insulting the “bag” in creative ways, storming the tower with a new approach: using legal weapons to insult the “bag”. Account X “break‑the‑curtain‑push‑wall” received a lawyer friend’s submission, saying a court in Luohu was hearing a case where a mistress‑type defendant was questioned by the judge, generously stating: “The man transferred money to me, not to maintain my relationship with my lover, but because I firmly believe that becoming rich and powerful cannot be achieved without the Party’s wise leadership.”
This woman claims she became rich by being a mistress, under Xi’s leadership. The audience in the gallery saw it. She added: “I do it to set the right values for my two illegitimate daughters and cultivate future pillars of society, so our family’s boss is willing to be generous.” As for why she transferred “520”, “5200”, i.e., 5.2 million, 52 million, it is because they actively respond to the Party and General Secretary Xi’s call, respectively echoing the “Five Upholds, Two Safeguards, zero tolerance for illegal and disciplinary violations”.
The judge seemed unable to hold back, his mouth twitching in various ways, looking like he might grin or laugh, so he said the hearing was over and he needed to go to the back to enjoy a secret laugh. Extramarital‑relationship transfers are packaged as political‑thought‑education funds—high‑level black, low‑level red—definitely a new realm of “bag” insult, witty and hard to defend, completely breaching the CCP’s public‑security‑judicial “Bastille”, and a Xi‑style great revolution seems imminent.
Xi could not sit still in India, even the courtroom was broken. What other front can keep the emperor at ease? It is said the taxi front has also completely collapsed. A tea‑friend sent a video titled “Ordinary Chinese People’s Voices”, where a taxi driver told a passenger: “This is political persecution. If I had a gun, I would have …” He said Western countries treat people as humans, the Communist Party does not treat people as humans—doesn’t this drive the people mad?
The driver continued: “This is political persecution. China is very dark, the Party … If you had a gun you would … The best way out for Chinese people is to go abroad. Some developed Western countries treat people as humans, China does not, it treats people like livestock. A huge part of livelihood problems is the middle‑age crisis, middle‑age unemployment or inability to find work. But these people have families to support, need to survive, have elders and children to feed—doesn’t that drive the people mad?”
This taxi driver voiced the simmering anger and grievances of China’s lower strata. The taxi, a mobile information‑transmission front, seems already beyond Xi’s control, and the fixed front of social platforms cannot hold either.
The party‑state video platform Bilibili suddenly featured a young person named Chen Xiaohong. Chen logged into her Bilibili account and, cooperating with anti‑CCP friends, stormed the tower: she spoke while a friend displayed a large Xi photo crossed out in red.
Chen said: “Hello, I’m Chen Xiaohong. I believe a government’s legitimacy should not come from a monopoly on power, but from the people’s authorization, constitutional constraints, and free elections. I oppose the one‑party rule under Xi’s leadership, and I oppose limiting Chinese citizens’ basic rights through censorship, bans, and suppression of speech.
“I want to see a China that is not a state where everyone must obey, but a country with genuine freedom of speech, press, religion, and political choice. My demand is simple: end one‑party rule, establish a constitutional democracy, and let the people truly have the right to choose, supervise, and replace their government.”
In just over a minute she said everything, and then her account was banned. The net‑censor apologized while banning, as if saying, “Sorry, I’m late again.” Xi apparently cannot tolerate even this.
Another record that netizens enjoy secretly: a Little Pink called “Brave Forward Puppy” reposted a state‑media “Prosperous Era” propaganda poster on QQ and expressed loyalty: “Mountains and rivers are vast, the nation is peaceful and prosperous, this flourishing era is as you wish, blessings to Mother Motherland …” Immediately after posting, the account received a QQ freeze notice: the account was permanently frozen for allegedly spreading pornographic, violent, sensitive information or organizing related activities.
Even kneeling‑flattery essays get blocked; the Cyberspace Administration of China’s scissors seem to act first, then decide. Storm‑the‑tower attempts stay unbanned, while loyalty‑flattery gets instantly banned. Little Pinks thus think they said the wrong thing—“this flourishing era is as you wish”—because rebels often say that.
Xi rushed back from India, not only fleeing the painful BRICS summit but also because the party‑state’s stronghold, unseen for a day, feels like three seasons apart, and internal power struggles have become wildly unpredictable.
First, Hu Chunhua. Hu was originally hand‑picked by Hu Jintao as a successor, later removed from the podium at the closing ceremony of the 19th Party Congress. Before the Fifth Plenum of the CCP and during a sensitive new round of political reshuffling, he suddenly accompanied Wang Huning to a high‑profile meeting with foreign guests.
On September 11, CCP National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Chairman Wang Huning met the Speaker of the Angolan Parliament in Beijing. The vice‑chairman who usually accompanied Wang, Wang Dongfeng, mysteriously disappeared, and Hu Chunhua sat to Wang’s right, making a rare public appearance. Commentator Zhou Xiaohui believes that after months of internal bargaining, by June at the latest the CCP reached a new consensus, reaffirming collective leadership, and the power structure seems to have returned to its previous direction. Xi may have compromised due to health reasons or an inability to suppress opposition forces.
The outside view is that Xi’s position is continuously weakening: military magazine covers of Xi have been repeatedly pulled, his portrait is missing, and he can no longer give speeches at the Service Trade Fair. Hu Chunhua’s rare accompaniment of Wang Huning to meet foreign guests is seen as a thought‑provoking signal.
Second, during Xi’s two‑day visit to India, overseas Chinese‑language social platforms densely reported mysterious disappearance of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s family, possibly fleeing abroad, even circulating a so‑called route map. The rumor claimed they traveled from a Shenzhen peninsula to international waters, escaping to a small island purchased by Ren’s family, which has an airport and a dock, slightly smaller than Singapore.
A purported internal Huawei chat screenshot showed Chairman Liang Hua had been unable to contact Ren Zhengfei for two consecutive days, also failing to reach Meng Wanzhou for updates.
The initial report mentioned Ren’s younger daughter...
His daughter Annabel Yao and wife Su Wei also lost contact, and a dozen members of the family "vanished" at the same time. Later, news emerged that Annabel Yao would soon appear to perform in a show.
According to rumors, at around 1:00 AM on September 11, a van drove out of Ren Zhengfei's residence toward the Luzui direction of the Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen, and subsequently disappeared. The area is close to the coast. Videos of people circumventing the Great Firewall also showed a large number of SWAT police surrounding the Shenzhen Huawei headquarters, with the atmosphere at the scene being extremely tense. The X account "Orange" posted a screenshot claiming that a Huawei insider submitted a report saying Ren Zhengfei's family had mysteriously lost contact.
Netizens held differing views on this. Some believed that Huawei had basically collapsed, surviving only on government subsidies, and that Ren Zhengfei fleeing would not be surprising; others believed that someone at Ren Zhengfei's level is a most sincere supporter of the Chinese Communist Party, making escape entirely unrealistic, and compared him to Wang Jianlin. Regardless of whether the news was true, neither Ren Zhengfei nor Meng Wanzhou made public appearances after the news broke to stabilize the emotions of Little Pinks, and the outside world only saw claims that Ren Zhengfei's youngest daughter would launch a new work.
On September 14, Lei Haichao, director of the National Health Commission of China, said at a press conference that China's total population is 1.405 billion, and it will remain a populous nation in the world for a long time. He also said that over the past 4 years, China's population has experienced negative growth, with newly born populations dropping from the tens of millions to the millions, but the fundamentals of being a populous nation have not changed.
While China's aging population is accelerating, the total fertility rate continues to decline. A country needs an average of 2.1 children per couple for the total population to neither increase nor decrease, maintaining generational balance. However, the fertility rate in some major cities is very low; for example, a couple in Shanghai has an average of 0.6 to 0.7 children, which is already an extremely low level. According to international standards, a fertility rate of 1.5 children per couple already touches the highly sensitive line; regions below 1.5 easily fall into the "low fertility trap," making it difficult for the fertility rate to recover no matter what policies are introduced.
Lei Haichao also said that China's higher education is booming, with more than 10 million new college students enrolled every year, but he did not mention the number of primary schools and kindergartens. "Yicai" disclosed data from the Ministry of Education of the Chinese Communist Party showing that the number of primary school students in China in 2025 will decrease by more than 4.06 million compared to 2024, with ordinary primary schools decreasing by 8,000, closing an average of nearly 22 per day. Extending the time span to 5 years, the total number of ordinary primary schools in China has decreased by 30,000. Kindergartens closed even more, with an average of nearly 59 closed per day in 2025.
Young people are not getting married, or even if they marry, they do not have children; besides that, many young people have started raising pets. The "2026 China Pet Industry White Paper" revealed that the number of urban dogs and cats in China is about 126 million, with nearly 80 million pet owners, and young people born in the 1990s and 2000s accounting for nearly 70%. Some young people believe that raising cats and dogs means not having to worry about children being used as hostages, not having to tutor homework, not worrying about further education or finding a job, and not stressing over marriage, having children, or buying a house. Pets can also keep their owners company all the time, making raising pets cheaper and more worry-free than raising children.
At the same time, college graduates face unemployment upon graduation, and young people not only face the 996 and 007 work schedules, but also the so-called "graduation" and layoffs from big tech companies at the age of 35. More and more unemployed people are packaged as "flexible employment," and food delivery riders and Didi drivers are gradually becoming saturated. Economic downturn and employment pressure have plunged many people into predicaments.
A random eye-stabbing murder case occurred in the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, and violent incidents have worsened the miserable plight of ordinary people. Mutual harm at the bottom of society cannot make the Chinese Communist Party put down the butcher's knife; instead, it may lead to even tighter control.
During an economic downturn, how hard is it to make money? Sina Finance headline blogger "Guangtou Zhengzhong" posted that in an economic downturn, money is not just hard to make; it is so hard that middle-aged people suffer from insomnia, young people lie flat, and bosses collectively play dead. With whole families waiting to be fed, many people inevitably suffer from insomnia.
On September 14, a netizen posted on Xiaoshongshu stating that they had not received a salary for six months, but their family still refused to let them resign, always urging them to persevere and saying that salaries would "be paid sooner or later." The poster stated they were a dispatched worker who went to management after long-term wage arrears, only to be told it was useless because other units had not paid for a year either. Some people in the comment section claimed they had not been paid for 20 months, while others said they were owed wages for 11 months or 5 months, and some were even criticized after filing complaints to demand unpaid wages.
Even Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Enforcing the Requirement of Tightened Budgets." Jack Ma once said, "It's hard for everyone, it's hard for everyone," but after retirement, he stated that he had no major challenges. Layoffs at big companies are called "graduation," while wage arrears at small companies are called "weathering the storm together"; sending out a hundred resumes results in ninety-nine read-and-no-replies, and the remaining one might be selling insurance.
Doing business is also very difficult. Store rent is paid as usual, but customer traffic has been cut in half, and food delivery platform commissions are even harsher than landlords. In the past, it was a question of making more or less money; now it has turned into losing money every single day. Closing the door incurs additional penalty fees for breach of contract, and merchants who have not closed down dare not open their doors every day because tax, industry and commerce, and fire departments conduct inspections every few days.
Previously, the topic of private companies still being required to pay back taxes after cancellation topped trending searches. There are multiple tax and finance posts on Xiaoshongshu stating that private enterprises still received notices after cancellation, requesting them to pay back individual income taxes and audit undistributed profits, and some companies were even asked to restore tax registration. Private companies that had been canceled for two years also received tax payment notices again. When some companies applied for cancellation, the system prompted "immediate cancellation not allowed," with the reason being "reported revenue is less than platform-submitted revenue." Netizens sarcastically said this is like reviving the dead just to suck their blood.
Many ordinary people warn each other to maintain cash flow, lower expectations, refrain from reckless actions, and only talk about the next cycle after surviving this one. However, if external forces act recklessly, ordinary people may still be implicated.
Recently, the news that the founder and actual controller of Chiev Jewellery and his wife lost contact has attracted attention. Chiev Jewellery is a gold and jewelry brand with more than 200 self-operated stores across the country. The company was in its heyday in 2015 and 2016, having signed Hollywood star Anne Hathaway as its brand spokesperson and participated continuously in New York Fashion Week starting in 2015, becoming China's only officially cooperative jewelry brand.
In 2017, the company's revenue reached more than 1.3 billion yuan, after which it entered a long downward slope until the founder lost contact this September, leaving the Beijing headquarters deserted. Currently, goods in multiple e-commerce platform stores under the company have been cleared or removed from shelves. A former employee told the media that he joined the company in May this year and worked until August, receiving only one month's salary for four months of work; some people had eight months of wages delayed. The Chiev Jewellery employee rights defense group already has more than 60 people, and franchisees and suppliers may suffer even greater losses.
In the CCP party-state, victims often find it difficult to obtain effective relief. The police may even list rights defenders on "high-risk personnel" lists, dropping by to check on them every three days. Against the backdrop of extreme incidents occurring everywhere, ordinary families may be affected by economic explosions and social pressures.