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The news of an alleged coup in China, with President Xi Jinping under house arrest, is popular on social media. On Twitter, the hashtag Xi and #ChinaCoup are trending, but no confirmation comes from the Beijing government and the news does not appear in the Chinese media.

Yellow in China: rumors of a coup d’état and Xi Jinping under arrest on social networks comes via ChinaTechNews.com.