Shadows in Beijing : Where Are Xi’s Trusted Allies ?

Something weird is going on in China. Not just politics,but something deeper. People at the very top are disappearing. Powerful men. Loyal men. And now, even the president himself, Xi Jinping, went missing for a while. And no one’s really talking about it.

It started with General Xu Qiliang. He wasn’t just some military guy but he was one of Xi’s closest people. They’d worked together for years. Then, out of nowhere, news breaks: Xu has died. State media says it was illness. He was 75. Xi showed up at the funeral. Everything looked official. Respectful. Final. There hadn’t been any public sign he was sick. No warning. No whispers. Just… gone. Some say he died of stress. Others think he knew too much. Maybe he saw what was coming.

Then came General He Weidong. Young, sharp, rising fast. Xi had trusted him too. Then in March, he vanished — no events, no speeches, not even a photo. And when Xu died? He didn’t even show up to the funeral. That was the first red flag for a lot of people.

Now there are quiet reports that he’s under investigation. Or arrested. Or worse. But nothing’s confirmed. He’s just missing. In China, when people disappear like this, it’s usually not by accident.

And then, just when things couldn’t get stranger… Xi himself vanished.

For more than two weeks, the man who usually appears on TV daily, shaking hands, giving speeches went completely silent. He missed a major international summit. That’s a big deal. World leaders noticed. Journalists noticed. And the internet? It lit up.

When he finally reappeared, he didn’t explain where he’d been. No statement. No “thank you for your patience.” Just… back to business, like nothing happened.

But everything had changed.

Three men. All close. All powerful. One dead. One disappeared. One silent. You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to feel like something’s not right. Maybe it’s just political house-cleaning. Or maybe the walls are closing in. On everyone.

People in China won’t talk openly. But if you ask around carefully, they’ll say what you’re already thinking: no one, not even the president, is untouchable.

Something’s happening behind those red walls.

And no one knows who’s really pulling the strings or who might vanish next

By Line: Arpit Verma