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Oct 15, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Clock has struck midnight in Beijing; it's the 16th!
Happy 20th National Party Congress week to everyone.
Let's get down to business and see what predictions have been right, what #XiJingping has decided and what 🇨🇳 leadership we will busy ourselves with for the next 5 yrs!
The #NPC was opened by Le Keqiang, with the singing of the National Anthem. Follow us at @ORCA_India for more updates!
Oct 13, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
News coming in of #protests in #China against #XiJingping . Anger over #zeroCOVID, harsh lockdowns, #Henan bank crisis & more culminating into tensions 3 days before #PartyCongress. Unlike #XiCoup news, protests intel appears legit. However, I'm unsure if "protest" is right word
Images coming out mostly show non-group action; rogue disgruntled citizens taking banners up appears more likely. This image, from what I confirmed used image search, is from Beijing's 3rd Ring Road in Haidian. People appear to be going about their day normally.