Former Premier Li Keqiang died suddenly at the Shanghai Dongjiao Guest House at the age of 68, sending shockwaves through the Zhongnanhai leadership and tearing away the veneer of warmth in elite power struggles.
Li Keqiang suffered a heart attack while recuperating in Shanghai and died at 0:10 on October 27, 2023, at the age of 68, after efforts to save him failed.
The sudden death from a heart attack of former Premier Li Keqiang triggered spontaneous national mourning. Universities and authorities across various regions implemented strict security and censorship measures, restricting flowers and gatherings, turning the mourning into an expression of dissatisfaction with the current status quo.
Li Keqiang died in Shanghai. The program linked his death to Xi Jinping and the internal power struggles within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but provided no verifiable causal evidence.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress further removed Qin Gang from his post as State Councilor.
On October 24, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the issuance of 1 trillion yuan in additional government bonds for post-disaster reconstruction and disaster prevention and mitigation; a subsequent audit report said that less than 32% of the funds could actually be accounted for.
The Chinese Communist Party issued 500 billion in special treasury bonds nominally for Hebei flood relief, but some of the funds were used to purchase surveillance equipment and stability-maintenance infrastructure.
On October 24, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided to remove Li Shangfu from his posts as State Councillor and Minister of National Defense; prior to that, on August 31, the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission had already opened a case against him for investigation. The video describes him as Zhang Youxia's protégé.
Starting in October 2023, Guizhou concentrated on issuing special refinancing bonds, issuing 214.9 billion yuan in just over a month, the highest among all provinces, to repay existing debt; the video claims that newly added debt is mainly used to cover the “three guarantees” expenditures such as wages.