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0 pointsls6122y ago0 comments

By assassination I assume you mean metaphorical? As in to derail his rise before becoming party leader?

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No, literal attempts.

One attempt involved a battleship “accidentally” firing onto another battleship where both Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping were visiting.

https://jamestown.org/program/president-xi-suspects-politica...

Biased source, but she’s able to get a lot of unreported news from the mainland.

https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2021/9/20/deleted-repo...

I will try to find more sources but Google is just shit these days. See my other comment for more.

A big problem is that mainland China is like the hermit kingdom. It’s a black hole for any news the CCP doesn’t want to get out

_tik_2y ago

These are FalungGong. I will not trust Falun Gong's news on China. They are known to create conspiracy stories.

chris_wot2y ago

Agreed. Whilst I don’t trust China’s CCP, I sure as heck don’t trust anything from Falun Gong. Those guys are running an asymmetric battle against the Chinese State and frankly they would be capable of saying anything if it helped their cause.

fennecbutt2y ago

I mean I would too if my ethnicity was so repressed, along with all the other non han Chinese.

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chaostheory2y ago

1. The sources aren’t limited to falun gong

2. It makes sense given Xi’s current paranoia and constant purges

g42gregory2y ago

What is Falun Gong exactly? I never understood what they are.

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jacquesm2y ago

> One attempt involved a battleship “accidentally” firing onto another battleship where both Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping were visiting.

Hm. That really does qualify as an assassination attempt if it wasn't an actual accident. Enough such things happen by accident that it has a name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_fire

wolverine8762y ago

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chaostheory2y ago

No, literal attempts.

One attempt involved a battleship “accidentally” firing onto another battleship where both Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping were visiting.

https://jamestown.org/program/president-xi-suspects-politica...

Biased source, but she’s able to get a lot of unreported news from the mainland.

https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2021/9/20/deleted-repo...

I will try to find more sources but Google is just shit these days. See my other comment for more.

A big problem is that mainland China is like the hermit kingdom. It’s a black hole for any news the CCP doesn’t want to get out

_tik_2y ago

These are FalungGong. I will not trust Falun Gong's news on China. They are known to create conspiracy stories.

chris_wot2y ago

fennecbutt2y ago

I mean I would too if my ethnicity was so repressed, along with all the other non han Chinese.

1 more reply

chaostheory2y ago

1. The sources aren’t limited to falun gong

2. It makes sense given Xi’s current paranoia and constant purges

g42gregory2y ago

What is Falun Gong exactly? I never understood what they are.

1 more reply

jacquesm2y ago

> One attempt involved a battleship “accidentally” firing onto another battleship where both Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping were visiting.

Hm. That really does qualify as an assassination attempt if it wasn't an actual accident. Enough such things happen by accident that it has a name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_fire

wolverine8762y ago

Search for

  search terms site:nytimes.com

(or bbc.co.uk or ap.com or another trusted source)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse