Chapter 45: Xi Jinping’s Eight Dark Moments

I. Xi Jinping Transfers $400 Million in Hidden Assets to His Brother-in-Law

Before Xi Jinping took power in 2012, Bloomberg revealed that Xi had $400 million transferred to his brother-in-law under unclear circumstances.

According to Bloomberg, in 2012, the Xi family possessed $400 million in assets, including an 18% stake in a Jiangxi rare earth company, nearly $300 million in a Shenzhen investment company, and over $20 million in a Beijing technology company. They also owned seven properties in Hong Kong, totaling $55 million, including a residence in Repulse Bay worth $31.5 million, which remained largely unoccupied.

II. Xi Jinping Achieves Extreme Centralization in Two Years, Personally Heads Eight Leadership Groups

By 2013, Xi had consolidated unprecedented central authority. In addition to holding the positions of General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, he personally led eight leadership groups:

Commander of the Joint Operations Command Center
Chairman of the National Security Commission
Head of the Leading Group for Deepening Reform
Head of the Military-Civilian Integration and Defense Reform Leading Group
Head of the Foreign Affairs Leading Group
Head of the Taiwan Affairs Leading Group
Head of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Leading Group
Head of the Cybersecurity and Informatization Leading Group

The role of head of cybersecurity should not be underestimated. Jiang Zemin once said, “Freedom of the press? Once there is freedom, the Communist Party is finished.” Cybersecurity controls all foreign information and ensures the party’s safety.

III. 2015: Xi Sends Operatives to Hong Kong to Arrest People

In 2013, several books were published in Hong Kong criticizing Xi, including Xi Jinping Changes Everything in China, Xi Jinping: Strategy and Calculation, Xi Era: China Re-enters Danger, and The Red Sun Empire. In 2015, another book, Xi Jinping and His Lovers, was about to be published.

In October 2015, Xi allegedly dispatched CCP operatives to Thailand to abduct Hong Kong booksellers Gui Minhai, Lui Bo, and Zhang Zhiping, bringing them to mainland China for interrogation. Lin Rongji was also abducted in October 2015 and interrogated in Zhejiang 30 times. In December 2015, Li Bo, owner of Hong Kong’s Mighty Current Publishing, was abducted by nine men and taken to Shenzhen for interrogation.

Lin Rongji was the only one to escape CCP control and regain freedom in Hong Kong in 2016. Others were imprisoned, with their current whereabouts unknown. Unable to survive in Hong Kong, Lin reopened a bookstore in Taiwan in 2019, still named “Causeway Bay Books.”

IV. 2021: Preemptive “Redification” of Hong Kong

Xi ordered the closure of Hong Kong’s largest newspaper, Apple Daily, signaling Hong Kong’s political transformation.

On June 26, 2021, Xi instructed hundreds of police to seal Apple Daily, removing over 40 computers. The newspaper was forced to cease publication. Hong Kong courts replaced judges with Xi-appointed officials. Many pro-democracy activists were arrested, and numerous others fled Hong Kong. Although Deng Xiaoping had declared in 1997 that Hong Kong would remain unchanged for 50 years, Xi transformed it in just 24 years, bringing Hong Kong fully under his control.

V. Concealing and Bribing During Global Pandemic Spread

In 2019, Xi allegedly conducted a bioweapon experiment that unintentionally spread a virus, affecting China and the world for three years. The U.S. reported one million deaths, India four million, and economic losses were astronomical. Xi bribed UN health officials to conceal the virus’s spread.

In 2021, the U.S. President mobilized national computers to investigate China’s role. Xi allegedly bribed officials again, preventing the Biden administration from releasing the report. The U.S. Congress continues to pursue the investigation, while Xi’s actions have not been fully accounted for.

VI. Falsifying Rural Poverty Alleviation and Paying High Fees to Cultivate African Agents

Xi declared China had eradicated poverty in 2020, but images of broken desks and chairs in rural schools circulated online. Meanwhile, Xi allegedly spent high sums to recruit African students as CCP agents. Payments ranged from tens of thousands to 200,000 RMB per year, sometimes with Chinese female companions assigned for study purposes.

VII. Using Special Forces to Publicly Remove Hu Jintao from the Podium

In October 2022, during the CCP 20th Congress in Beijing, Xi publicly used special forces to remove former General Secretary Hu Jintao from the podium, causing an international stir. Hu had attempted to view the upcoming Politburo Standing Committee list to check for Li Keqiang and Wang Yang, but Xi refused, leading to a confrontation. Xi then summoned special forces to forcibly escort Hu away.

VIII. Li Keqiang Declared Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances

According to online reports, Li Keqiang was placed under house arrest and isolation at the Shanghai Dongjiao Hotel on October 25, 2023. His wife was absent. The following day, after breakfast, he was reportedly taken to a swimming pool. Soon after, authorities announced he suffered a sudden cardiac event. Guards attempted rescue, but his breathing had already stopped for five minutes. Doctors were then notified, and an ambulance was awaited.

Despite Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital having the strongest rescue capabilities and being an international rescue center, Li was sent instead to Shuguang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Reports later claimed he was “rescued for ten hours” and “efforts were made.” Online sources suggested food poisoning at breakfast caused myocardial infarction, drowning, pulmonary edema, and respiratory arrest.

Li was under Xi’s supervision, with all his previous aides replaced by Xi’s appointees. His actions were therefore entirely under Xi’s control.

Li’s body was quickly transported to Beijing. On November 2, his farewell ceremony was held with only Xi and six Politburo members present. Xi’s wife accompanied him, performing three bows to comfort Li’s widow, Cheng Hong, and to prevent her from speaking.

Thousands of police patrolled at maximum security during the ceremony. All online memorial posts were deleted. Citizens in over 50 cities, including Anhui, Henan, and Liaoning, mourned publicly, using the occasion to vent dissatisfaction with Xi’s authoritarian rule. Many believed Li Keqiang could have returned to replace Xi. Japanese media commented that Li’s death appeared to be a deliberate plot by Xi.