Leaked to the media just hours after it happened? Not likely.
I suspect another load of horseshit.
(Numb lips as a sign of Fugu poisoning. Fugu (pufferfish) is edible at least once!)
"Fugu, or puffer fish, are luxury fish used as ingredients in food eaten all year round in Japan. However, they can only be served at restaurants where a qualified fugu handler has been trained and certified by the Japanese government to ensure their safety.0 Fugu (河豚; 鰒; フグ in Japanese, bogeo (복어; 鰒魚) or bok (복 "Hétún (河豚; 河魨)" in Standard Modern Chinese is a pufferfish normally of the genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus or Sphoeroides."
Didn't Xi just visit him??
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