From cancelled flights to Xi’s absence at a PLA meeting, is the rumor of a military coup true?

From cancelled flights to Xi’s absence at a PLA meeting, is the rumor of a military coup true?

From cancelled flights to Xi’s absence at a PLA meeting, is the rumor of a military coup true?

There has been a rumor about a military coup in China and Xi being under house arrest. First, people noticed a mass flight cancellations across China. Then, on Wednesday (09/21), the CCP’s National Defense and Military Reform Conference organized by the Central Military Commission took place without Xi Jinping and his Minister of Defense, Wei Fenghe, while the former Commander of the Northern Theater Command who had been dismissed, sat in a front row. What are we to make of all these? Is Xi losing power or the anti-Xi forces at work before the CCP’s 20th Party Congress?