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New Delhi: Even as rumours of a military coup against Chinese President Xi Jinping have exploded on social media— with the hashtag #chinacoup trending for several hours over the weekend — experts as well as journalists stationed in Beijing have dismissed the claims, saying there is no evidence to back them up “Looks like a lot of alt-media in India picked up the rumour”,ThePrint columnist and China expert Aadil Brar tweeted. “There is no coup.” Brar suggested that Xi could be in quarantine after his recent overseas summit, as the Chinese law requires. Greg Fanlon, the China correspondent of the...
