CIA Testing 1-2-3, is this thing on?
“Can we manipulate Xi by impuning his authority by way of international mefia rumor or can we not?”
I.e. is the China Tiger really so patient and powerful and pragmatic like the propaganda of Chinese culture or is he just another prideful power-hungry human?
So far, unlike other human leaders, he has not popped up “coincidentally” to stop this intentional rumor.
Didn’t work against North Korea’s Kim either.
CIA thinks everyone is like them.
It appears people were also concerned that Putin was not seen after their meeting. Now it seems he was holed up in his luxury dasha, and perhaps hobnobbing with the head of Belarus trying to convince him to join the war. Perhaps Xi was doing something similar, and perhaps communing with Putin on secure communication lines away from public scrutiny. We will probably get signs in a few days or weeks. Interested to see what happens mid October at the Chinese CCP annual meeting to reafirm Xi, or not.