At a Politburo meeting on the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session, the elders and the faction holding real power placed two pieces of paper demanding resignation or dismissal on the table, forcing Xi Jinping to choose one of the two.
In June 2026, Selected Diplomatic Writings of Xi Jinping was published and distributed, with the upper limit of its coverage cut off at November 2025, the point at which Xi Jinping signed the document handing over power at the Fourth Plenary Session, which is interpreted as declaring the end of the Xi Jinping era.
Western aura master Judith observed Xi Jinping's aura on March 12, describing his health as collapsing and shrouded in dark energy, and predicted that he might be overthrown by political forces within the next ten months.
In July 2025, the Washington-based think tank Project 2049 Institute released the strategic report "China in the Post-Communist Era," assessing the Chinese Communist Party regime's crisis and offering policy recommendations to democratic countries on responding to China's political transition.