Chinese Social Media Buzz with Xi Jinping Suffers Stroke Reports

Beijing: Chinese social media is abuzz with reports of President Xi Jinping suffering a stroke during the CCP's third plenary session.

However, no official confirmation has been made yet.

These reports emerged after a reporter named Jeniffer claimed that the Chinese Communist Party leader reportedly suffered a stroke.

Earlier in 2021, Xi suffered from a cerebral aneurysm and was hospitalized, ANI reported citing foreign media reports.

"It is learnt that he preferred to be treated with traditional Chinese medicines rather than going for surgery, which softens the blood vessels and shrinks aneurysm," it said.

These speculation were made after he avoided meeting foreign leaders from the outbreak of COVID-19 till the Beijing Winter Olympics.

'He’s fine': Here's How Netizens Reacted to Reports of Xi Suffering from Stroke

Refuting current reports, netizens claimed that Xi suffering from a stroke is just a mere rumour and won't have any reasonable indication of credibility due to China's secretive nature.

"It's just a rumor and we probably won't have any reasonable indication of its credibility until months later due to China's secretive nature," a user said in a post on Reddit.

"Also, I find it quite convenient for this to be announced right after something big has happened in the US and with the alarming ramping up of tensions with Taiwan," it added.

"He’s fine. People like him don’t croak early. Whatever is broken they can readily harvest and replace," another user said replying to the post.

"I do remember he was having some sort of health issues a while back and he was opting to use traditional chinese medical treatments, could this be a result of that choice?" another posted.

While recalling Xi's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one user said, “Putin has got to be worried.”

"Just take some Lianhua Qingwen and hot water, he'll be fine after," a netizen said on Reddit.