A 14-year-old student in Jiangyou, Sichuan, was bullied, prompting thousands of citizens to take to the streets in the early hours of August 5 to protest the government's inaction. The angry crowd shouted slogans such as “Down with the Communist Party” and “Down with Xi Jinping.” (Video screenshot)
[People News] On the morning of August 30, Beijing time, Hu Liren—a former Shanghai entrepreneur now in exile in the U.S.—revealed on his YouTube channel that a senior official inside Zhongnanhai told him: on the afternoon of August 29, inside the State Council offices, someone suddenly shouted “Xi Jinping step down!” repeatedly, their voice echoing throughout the entire building. The official was immediately taken away. Hu’s friend also disclosed that the person had previously worked under the late former Premier Li Keqiang.
Hu Liren said in his broadcast: “Last night (the 29th), a high-ranking official working in Beijing’s Zhongnanhai told me that around 3 p.m. on August 28, inside the State Council offices, someone suddenly shouted ‘Xi Jinping step down,’ multiple times, shaking the whole building. The person was subdued on the spot and taken away.”
Hu stressed that once such an incident happens, it will inevitably be tightly sealed. Up to now, there will be no official reports, and it certainly will not appear in Xinhua or People’s Daily.
According to Hu’s friend, the detained official had served in the State Council General Office for more than six years, was around 40 years old, and originally from the south of China. Earlier, when Li Keqiang was premier, he had worked in the Secretariat, responsible for daily coordination and administrative matters. His name, for now, cannot be disclosed.
In responding to an inquiry from Dajiyuan reporters, Hu Liren said: This information came from a ministerial-level official who specifically told him, but the exact source could not be revealed.
Hu argued that in a dictatorship, the biggest taboo is not ordinary people cursing in the streets, but instability and division at the top. If word spreads—even as rumour—it is enough to generate tremendous uncertainty both inside and outside the system.
He analysed that the reasons this high-level official at the State Council dared to openly shout “Xi Jinping step down” at the very centre of power could include:
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Extreme anger and despair. In Xi’s authoritarian era, even private complaints can become political problems. Officials may have been pushed to the breaking point, leaving no option but to burn bridges.
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Career dead-ends. Because of anti-corruption campaigns and factional struggles, ministerial- or provincial-level positions have become powerless figureheads.
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Strong dissatisfaction with Xi’s policy direction.
Against this backdrop, more and more people inside the system may secretly harbour “ten thousand thoughts of Xi stepping down,” but simply dare not speak them.
Hu concluded this phenomenon shows that even within the CCP system, some can no longer tolerate Xi. The so-called “Xi core” is not a solid monolith; loyalty inside the system is far from unbreakable. Rumours of this kind spread like a plague, bringing hidden shockwaves.
Hu predicted the official would definitely be investigated and placed under isolation review. The CCP will intensify its purges; Xi may demand another round of cleansing within the State Council, the Central Office, and various ministries to eliminate political risks and force officials to publicly display loyalty.
On August 29, the CCP Politburo convened a meeting, with its top agenda item being the review of the so-called Regulations on CCP Ideological and Political Work. The meeting stressed putting Xi Jinping Thought at the forefront of political education, strengthening “the Party’s comprehensive leadership over ideological and political work,” and so forth.
Independent commentator Cai Shenkun commented on X that this was the first time the Party had issued such regulations. Crafted by the Secretariat led by Cai Qi in line with Xi’s intent, it effectively turns loyalty into Party law. Even Mao Zedong had never gone this far. The next step, he predicted, will be a nationwide wave of “praise Xi” campaigns.
Current affairs analyst Li Lin told Epoch Times that rolling out such loyalty regulations at this time clearly indicates a serious problem with internal allegiance. But since people’s hearts are shifting, trying to impose “iron rules” will backfire. This move is nothing but the CCP’s death throes—its last struggle before collapse. Even if surface-level chants of loyalty fill the air, behind the scenes, there will be endless curses, as everyone waits for a chance to kick Xi out.
Meanwhile, throughout August, popular resistance against CCP tyranny and calls for “Xi Jinping step down” have continued across China:
In Jiangyou, Sichuan, crowds shouted “Down with the Communist Party” and “Xi Jinping step down.”
In Kunming, Yunnan, a man held a banner reading “Xi Jinping leave” outside the Anti-Japanese War Victory Memorial Hall.
In Langfang, Hebei, utility poles were plastered with slogans reading “CCP ≠ China.”
According to videos circulating overseas on X, Beijing public toilets have been graffiti with slogans like “The CCP should have been destroyed long ago” and “Down with Xi Jinping.”
Most recently, at 10 p.m. on August 29, in Chongqing’s University Town Xijie, multiple large anti-CCP slogans were projected onto high-rise buildings for more than 50 minutes.
The projected slogans included: “Only without the Communist Party will there be a New China; freedom is not a gift, it must be taken back.” “Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves; rise up and resist, reclaim your rights.” “Down with the red fascists, overthrow CCP tyranny.” “No more lies, we want truth; no more slavery, we want freedom; down with the tyrannical CCP.” △
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