Rumors Say Qi Xin Invited Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, and Three Other Party Elders to a Family Banquet to Persuade Xi Jinping to Step Down by the End of August

Image: Screenshot from video showing red paint on the ground in place of a red carpet during Xi Jinping's visit to Russia. 

[People News] Although Xi Jinping has reappeared in public, a cloud of lost power continues to hang over him. Earlier reports claimed that senior Party elders who now hold real power had agreed to let Xi Jinping “step down with dignity.” Recently, new rumours out of Beijing suggest that Xi's mother, Qi Xin, hosted a family banquet and invited five senior CCP figures to collectively persuade Xi to step down by the end of August.

Economist and independent media figure Su Xiaohe stated on his YouTube program that he received insider information from Beijing claiming that before Xi attended the Central Asia Summit in Kazakhstan, Qi Xin held a family banquet. She invited Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Wang Qishan, and two other Party elders to jointly persuade Xi Jinping to resign early.

Qi Xin reportedly expressed that she felt she had failed her son, saying that Xi endured hardships in his youth and that she, as his mother, had not taken good care of him. Now, with global circumstances growing increasingly volatile—such as the Israel-Iran conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war—Qi is said to be deeply worried. The six elders urged Xi Jinping to step down while he still could, prioritising his personal safety. They proposed that he cite health reasons and resign by the end of August.

Su Xiaohe noted that he could not confirm the authenticity of this leaked information.

In reality, the CCP has played an unsavoury role in both the Israel-Iran conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war, with Xi Jinping closely involved. Other serious issues include the Wuhan virus—which many suspect the CCP created—and interference in U.S. elections. Su Xiaohe believes that each of these scandals could be used to bring down Xi. If Xi insists on clinging to power, he may meet the same fate as Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri and Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Salami—i.e., targeted assassination. Should Xi die in office, it would deal a devastating blow to the Xi family.

Previously, Party elders had agreed to let Xi step down with dignity. To preserve regime stability and avoid political shockwaves, the Tuanpai (Communist Youth League faction) reportedly agreed to a “soft landing” for Xi, allowing him to step down peacefully. One possible arrangement would be for Xi to retain the title of state president while being stripped of all real power over the military, finances, and personnel decisions—essentially keeping up appearances until he officially steps down at the CCP’s 21st National Congress. However, it is said that Zhang Youxia opposed this plan, fearing it would give Xi a chance to make a comeback.

There is now said to be consensus within the Party on three points: 1. Stability comes first—do not purge Xi, but let him retire honourably; 2. Appoint Wang Yang as interim General Secretary to stabilize the situation and rebuild governance structures; 3. Dismantle the fusion of General Secretary, Central Military Commission Chairman, and State President—a “Frankenstein” structure—and restore the façade of collective leadership.

Political commentator Jiang Feng said on his program that Xi Jinping turned the entire country into a massive experiment by obsessively using the phrase “personally.” He personally directed the zero-COVID policy, personally oversaw military reform, personally managed poverty alleviation, and personally dictated foreign policy. Jiang said, “Every tree he personally planted is now personally falling before his eyes.” Xi, Jiang argued, didn’t lose to anyone else—he was crushed by the ironclad regime he built himself. Even if Xi falls, the CCP system remains. That system, Jiang warns, is capable of discarding one dictator only to easily produce the next.

On May 22, independent political commentator Cai Shenkun said on his media channel that he received information indicating the CCP’s Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee will be held in Beijing from August 27 to 30. The fact that the date has been set suggests to him that various factions within the Party have already reached consensus. Whether this meeting will include major leadership changes, and whether Xi Jinping will cede or transfer power, is now the focus of intense outside attention. △

(First published by People News)