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Over the night of March 19 and early morning of March 20, Bejing local time,
a message about a large number of military police showing up in Beijing
spread widely across microblogs in mainland China.
The key figures in the action are said to be: Hu Jintao, the head of the CCP
; Wen Jiabao, the premier; Zhou Yongkang, who has control of the People’s
Republic of China’s police forces; and Bo Xilai, who was dismissed from his
post as head of the Chongqing City Communist Party on March 15 by Wen
Jiabao, after a scandal involving Bo’s former police chief.
Li Delin, who is on the editorial board of Securities Market Weekly and
lives in Dongcheng District of Beijing, wrote on his microblog a report that
confirmed unusual troop movements: “There are numerous army vehicles,
Changan Street is continuously being controlled. There are many plainclothes
police in every intersection, and some intersections even had iron fences
set up.”
According to the message that went viral on China’s Internet, a military
force with unknown designation quickly occupied many important places in
Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound in Beijing, and Beijing in the
early morning of March 20, with the cooperation of Beijing armed police.
The troops entered Beijing to “get and protect Bo Xilai,” according to the
message.
A mainland Chinese reader has told The Epoch Times that a military coup has
taken place in Beijing.
It is still unknown who, if anyone, has been arrested.
The message claims Zhou Yongkang first used armed police force in an attempt
to arrest Hu and Wen. However, Hu and Wen had been prepared and Zhou’s
coup was subdued, though rumors of Hu and Wen being arrested had been spread
earlier.
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The message says that now both sides, Hu and Wen on one side, and Jiang
Zemin and Zhou Yongkang on the other, are mobilizing armed forces. However,
only Hu Jintao can mobilize the regular army, which he still controls,
according to the message.
The message also claims that forces directed by Zhou Yongkang had taken
control over CCTV and the Xinhua News Agency, but that the regular army
under the command of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao had since taken back control
of the news outlets.
The news column on Xinhua’s website was all foreign news from 11 p.m. on
March 19 to at least 8 a.m. on March 20, with not a single piece of domestic
news—which is quite unusual.
One netizen posted on microblog: “Strange! Except Beijing Television, no
other television in Beijing is broadcasting. This is very strange!!! It had
never happened before.”
However, Beijing state-controlled media have observed that imposing a curfew
on Changan Street is quite normal, as the North Korean Vice Foreign
Minister Ri Yong-ho is seeing Wu Dawei, the People’s Republic of China’s
special representative for Korean affairs, and had made a rare advance
appointment with media to give a speech outside the east entrance of
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
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Beijing media has also noted that the China Development Forum is closing,
with guests from across the country leaving after the forum. For these
reasons, Beijing media said there are many police on Changan Street, and
taxis are not allowed to stop next to the airport terminal building.
The Epoch Times is at present trying to verify the messages.
UPDATE: Weibo messages on the subject “北京出事了” in the original Chinese
are now censored. This was a major meme around the coup rumor, translating
roughly as, “something important yet troublesome happened in Beijing.”
Weibo appeared down briefly between approximately 12:00 and 12:20 p.m.
Beijing local time
Over the night of March 19 and early morning of March 20, Bejing local time,
a message about a large number of military police showing up in Beijing
spread widely across microblogs in mainland China.
The key figures in the action are said to be: Hu Jintao, the head of the CCP
; Wen Jiabao, the premier; Zhou Yongkang, who has control of the People’s
Republic of China’s police forces; and Bo Xilai, who was dismissed from his
post as head of the Chongqing City Communist Party on March 15 by Wen
Jiabao, after a scandal involving Bo’s former police chief.
Li Delin, who is on the editorial board of Securities Market Weekly and
lives in Dongcheng District of Beijing, wrote on his microblog a report that
confirmed unusual troop movements: “There are numerous army vehicles,
Changan Street is continuously being controlled. There are many plainclothes
police in every intersection, and some intersections even had iron fences
set up.”
According to the message that went viral on China’s Internet, a military
force with unknown designation quickly occupied many important places in
Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound in Beijing, and Beijing in the
early morning of March 20, with the cooperation of Beijing armed police.
The troops entered Beijing to “get and protect Bo Xilai,” according to the
message.
A mainland Chinese reader has told The Epoch Times that a military coup has
taken place in Beijing.
It is still unknown who, if anyone, has been arrested.
The message claims Zhou Yongkang first used armed police force in an attempt
to arrest Hu and Wen. However, Hu and Wen had been prepared and Zhou’s
coup was subdued, though rumors of Hu and Wen being arrested had been spread
earlier.
Advertisement
The message says that now both sides, Hu and Wen on one side, and Jiang
Zemin and Zhou Yongkang on the other, are mobilizing armed forces. However,
only Hu Jintao can mobilize the regular army, which he still controls,
according to the message.
The message also claims that forces directed by Zhou Yongkang had taken
control over CCTV and the Xinhua News Agency, but that the regular army
under the command of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao had since taken back control
of the news outlets.
The news column on Xinhua’s website was all foreign news from 11 p.m. on
March 19 to at least 8 a.m. on March 20, with not a single piece of domestic
news—which is quite unusual.
One netizen posted on microblog: “Strange! Except Beijing Television, no
other television in Beijing is broadcasting. This is very strange!!! It had
never happened before.”
However, Beijing state-controlled media have observed that imposing a curfew
on Changan Street is quite normal, as the North Korean Vice Foreign
Minister Ri Yong-ho is seeing Wu Dawei, the People’s Republic of China’s
special representative for Korean affairs, and had made a rare advance
appointment with media to give a speech outside the east entrance of
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
Related Articles
■Words Related to ‘Coup’ in Beijing Censored on Weibo
■Why Zhou Yongkang is Doomed to Follow Bo Xilai
Beijing media has also noted that the China Development Forum is closing,
with guests from across the country leaving after the forum. For these
reasons, Beijing media said there are many police on Changan Street, and
taxis are not allowed to stop next to the airport terminal building.
The Epoch Times is at present trying to verify the messages.
UPDATE: Weibo messages on the subject “北京出事了” in the original Chinese
are now censored. This was a major meme around the coup rumor, translating
roughly as, “something important yet troublesome happened in Beijing.”
Weibo appeared down briefly between approximately 12:00 and 12:20 p.m.
Beijing local time
