RE: given the clampdown on media in China it might take awhile for news of what really happened (or not) to leak.
When then, Vice Chairman of the CCP Lin Biao attempted a coup on Mao Zhe Dong in September 13, 1971 ( and died in a plane crash when his plot was discovered and he tried to escape ), how long did the news leak out of the country before the world knew about it?
I’m probably not the right person to ask considering I was -4 years old. :)
I’m going to read up on this later tonight it’s the first I’ve heard about this event.