Cai Qi Vanishes Mysteriously; CCTV Shows Two “Cores” in the Chinese Communist Party

Kai Qi vanishes mysteriously CCTV shows two cores in the Chinese Communist Party Aging stars Jet Li, Sammo Hung and Ni Ping look suddenly young going viral online China's e-commerce crisis, massive returns, freebie addicts, bosses in tears and angry sellers Flu outbreak in China intensifies, demand for antiviral drug surges Welcome to Secret In China, where facts matter, and every story is told with integrity Kai Kai vanishes mysteriously? CCTV shows two cores in the Chinese Communist Party On November 9, 2025, Current Affairs commentator Zhou Xiaohui published an article titled Sai Qi missing from group photo, Xi and Zhang Yuxia keep their distance The piece discussed the absence of Kai Qi, who did not accompany Xi Jinping to an important reception ceremony, and commented on the unusual seating arrangement between Xi Jinping and Zhang Yuxia in the group photo. The article stated that according to Chinese state media reports on November 9, just before the opening of the 15th National Games, Xi Jinping met in Guangzhou with representatives of the National Model Groups and Individuals for Mass Sports and the National Model Collectives and Individuals in the Sports System, and posed for a group photo with them Those present at the meeting and photo session included Zhang Yuxia, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Li Hongzhong, Politburo member and Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming, State Councilor Shen Yiqin, and Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Dongfeng What was odd, the article noted, was that Kai Qi, Politburo Standing Committee member and Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China, who had been accompanying Xi in Hainan and Guangzhou, was absent from this event and the group photo. The National Model Mass Sports Awards have been held every four years since the 7th National Games in 1993. The reason this absence was considered strange is that in the two previous events of the same kind, the Director of the CPC General Office had always been present. The article provided comparisons. For example, on September 15, 2021, ahead of the 14th National Games, Xi Jinping met in Xi'an, Shanxi Province, with representatives from the sports system and members of China's Tokyo Olympic delegation, and took a group photo. Those attending included then-General Office Director Ding Suixiang, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Shiliang, and then-Guizhou Party Secretary Shen Yikun. Likewise, on August 27, 2017, just before the 13th National Games, Xi met in Tianjin with representatives from the sports system and delivered a speech. The article commented that, while the 2021 event occurred during the pandemic, when fewer senior officials accompanied Xi, it was noteworthy that Ding Suixiang, then-Head of the General Office, still attended. Compared with 2017, the level of officials accompanying Xi this year was clearly downgraded. There was no Politburo member of Vice Premier rank, no General Office Director, though the NPC, CPPCC, and military each sent one representative as usual. The absence of a Politburo member of Vice Premier rank, the article argued, indicated a deliberate downgrading, a weakening of Xi's standing. As for Cai Qi's absence, one possible reason is that, as a standing committee member, his participation would have raised the level of the event. If the goal was to lower its profile, then naturally Cai could not attend. However, the article suggested, the person capable of preventing Cai from attending would not have been Xi himself, but rather the Party Central Committee, which Xi constantly invokes. The article then included a photo and pointed out the odd spacing in the front row of the group picture. Comparing it with the 2017 photo, where senior officials sat close together, this year's front row showed unusual gaps. The distance between Xi and Zhang Yuxia, on his right, as well as between Xi and Li Hongzhong, on his left, was about 2.5 seats wide. The spacing between Zhang Yuxia and Shen Yikun, to Zhang's right, was also roughly 2.5 seats, while Li Hongzhong's gap, with the official on his left, was only about 1.5 seats, the same as most others in the row. The commentary concluded that the large distance between Xi and Zhang symbolized the real nature of their relationship, keeping each other at arm's length. If rumors are true, and if since the third plenum in July last year Xi has, in fact, lost control over the military, with the military maintaining his chairmanship only under certain pressures, then this physical distance in the photo might be a reflection of that political reality. Moreover, CCTV footage showed that when the camera zoomed out, Xi and Zhang Yuxia appeared to share the same central position. Was this arrangement signaling Zhang's special status within the military, or hinting that the Communist Party now has two...cores? Finally, the article asked whether Cai Qi's absence and the peculiar seating in the photo might be revealing a secret agreement already reached, but not yet announced, at the fourth plenary session of the CPC Central Committee. Aging stars Jet Li, Sammo Hung, and Ni Ping look suddenly young going viral online. This was Jet Li last year. And this is Jet Li this year. Such a huge change. Like, do you know why? He had been so gravely ill that people were preparing for his funeral. And which hospital treated him so well? A blogger shared. Sammo Hung, 73, has thrown away his wheelchair. Ni Ping, 66, climbed Mount Lushan. Jet Li, 62, is dancing energetically in front of the camera. Having money really can change life and death, can't it? A netizen commented, I always feel that Jet Li's current condition is strange. As people online say, he looks both energetic and graceful, overly lively. The scariest part is that his eyes have changed. They used to look aged, the eyes of an old man. Now they're full of vitality, youthful and bright, like those of a young man. Right now, the entire internet is talking about Jet Li. But have you noticed Sammo Hung? This was the old Sammo Hung. And this is him now. They look like two completely different people. Can you see that? In old photos, he looked frail and weak. How did he suddenly start jumping and walking again? He used to be in a wheelchair all the time. What kind of elixir of immortality are they taking to become young again? One account spread a story. The mother of someone received extremely expensive human albumin transfusions. Afterward, her white hair turned black. And she lived 10 more years when she might have died. But just from the name, human albumin, what is it made from? Let's talk about Ni Ping. This was Ni Ping before. Now at age 66, she climbs Mount Lotion alone. She used to be too weak to stand, needing two people to support her. Now she can climb a mountain. How can the legs and back of someone age 66 bear that? What are they using? Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Ni Ping, Zhou Xun. So many celebrities are suddenly becoming youthful again. These rejuvenated stars appear one after another, sparking intense suspicion and speculation. Many netizens in mainland China connect this issue with the CCP's live organ harvesting crimes. Some online comments warn, no wonder so many people have gone missing lately and why there's a push to encourage childbirth with subsidies. Many say, we don't oppose longevity, but don't do things that heaven will not tolerate. Rumors have long circulated that Jet Li received a heart transplant from a Shaolin monk named Shu Feng. In the entertainment industry, age and health now seem to defy nature. Such suspicions are understandable. But even if you know the truth, what can you do? They have money. On paper, everything looks legal. Some things are made privately. Progress in certain fields actually only serves a select few, things ordinary people cannot even imagine. My worldview has been overturned today. Is this society a paradise for the rich and a hell for the ordinary? Many say they've undergone blood replacement. But where does that blood come from? For an ordinary person to receive such treatment, it would require the combined blood of many young people. They buy entire pharmaceutical factories with access to blood supplies, use licensed Austrian technology, and sell officially approved products. Otherwise, how have so many European billionaires succeeded in anti-aging? To prolong life and regain youth, a single treatment can cost from $211,000 to over $14,053,000. As demand for young blood surges, a black market inevitably arises, driving desperate acts by the poor. Regulators cannot oversee every step. Each loophole becomes the seed of systemic risk. When capital and money turn human organs from innocent people into production resources, even under a legal facade, it erodes morality. Since October, how many children have gone missing in China? Meanwhile, the number of missing persons in China in recent years has risen alarmingly. According to overseas media, in just 22 days of October, 2025, over 107 people disappeared, most of them children, the youngest only five years old. Human rights lawyers point out, the CCP has 700 million surveillance cameras but cannot find them, clearly linked to the regime's black market live organ harvesting. Insiders reveal that teenagers' organs, being the healthiest and most valuable, are prime targets. Experts warn this is a systemic crime directed by the CCP's evil regime. Wu Xiaoping, chairman of the overseas Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Association said, Such a massive number of disappearances would be extremely abnormal in any country. Yet the CCP allows it to continue. Cybersecurity research shows that after 2021, China had 700 million cameras, one for every two people. The CCP does not regard Chinese people as human beings. Wang Zhiyuan, chairman of the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, stated, Since the end of 1999, after beginning its persecution of Falun Gong, the CCP launched large-scale live organ harvesting, building a giant killing machine that spread across society, even involving infants. Nine out of ten missing children are in danger. The danger behind missing adults is even more terrifying. This is truly abnormal. China's e-commerce crisis, massive returns, freebie addicts, bosses in tears, and angry sellers. Look at these mountains of returned goods. No other industry suffers like this. Every single day we're buried under piles of parcels, bag after bag, never-ending. We can't even open them all. See that heap over there? Still untouched. All the free gifts that came with purchases. Everyone else is out there laughing and shopping, while we're breaking our backs unboxing returns. Yesterday alone, we processed more than 20,000 returned items. I don't owe a house, nor don't owe a car, but I probably won't get another loan either. So, let's just laugh it off. $28 to live through the month without pressure, right? Behind the cheerful facade of the online marketplace lies an invisible battlefield. For every click of buy now, there's someone in a warehouse silently drowning in returns. The glamour of e-commerce often masks the quiet despair of those keeping it running. Money from e-commerce has dried up. The number of returns now exceeds the number of shipments. I can't keep doing this anymore. Sold 30,000 orders, got 28,000 returned. How is anyone supposed to survive? What should we do now? E-commerce is heading toward the biggest wave of bankruptcies in history. Is anyone else struggling this badly? One single shop. Over 10,000 returns in one day. That's the fate of online sellers. Endless returns. Ship today, get them back tomorrow. Not one or two items, but piles and piles. We even sell the empty cardboard boxes for 5 to 6 cents per kilo, making maybe $14 a day just from scrap. Can you imagine how much merchandise that means? I send out 5,000 items a day. At least 1,000 come right back. What once promised freedom, the digital marketplace, has become a loop of exhaustion. Sellers aren't entrepreneurs anymore. They're survivors of an algorithm that rewards consumption and punishes sustainability. God, the return rate for clothing is insane. All this, just one day's worth of returns, all sent back here. It's madness. Sometimes I just glance at the pile and think, what kind of customers are these? Here we go again. More returns, dumped right here. See, every single day is like this. I've been doing Taobao for more than 10 years and I feel like it's all coming to an end. So many years, yet not a penny saved. And still, I keep going. There can't be many of us left. The environment is toxic. Return rates sky high and the number of malicious refund requests keeps growing. The tragedy isn't just in the financial loss. It's in the erosion of spirit. 10 years of hard work reduced to mountains of unwanted goods. In the rush for convenience, humanity seems to have lost its sense of fairness. I ship 20,000 to 30,000 items and nearly 20,000 come back. Clothes that cost just $1, it's $40 to $2.80. Can't people just keep them? Use them as cleaning rags at least. But no, another order, another return. Yesterday, someone said their clothing return rate hit 95%. Imagine that. 100 items sold, 95 returned. To my fellow sellers, with such fierce competition and this endless buy and return cycle, do customers even need us anymore? Why are we still stuck here? Even packaging fees can't keep up. Buy 100, return 95. During the stocking season, customers buy one item from each store just to try things out. 20 to 30 items at once, keeping one or two, returning the rest. Brothers and sisters, I can't take it anymore. Maybe it's time to become a delivery driver instead. Online shopping has turned into a game, one that sellers never win. Behind every easy return is someone else's unpaid labor, another small business sinking quietly under digital waves. Here's today's pile of returns, whole sacks full. I sell silk socks. None of them have their original packaging left. And worse, 280 silk socks, worn and returned. All of them use no packaging, just sent back. Can't customers at least show a little decency? People have become distorted. Some items still have anti-counterfeit tags dangling. Some are so filthy they can't be washed. Some even have stains. Blood, maybe? How can people behave like this? When morality fades behind a screen, the return label becomes a tool of exploitation. What was once trust between buyer and seller is now suspicion, resentment, and decay. Pinduoduo, why do return disputes keep getting reopened from June to August, even when returned goods can't be resold? Sometimes they even return empty bags. E-commerce is already hard enough. Where are my clothes? All that's left is garbage. This so-called VIP customer from Yantai, Shandong, the strangest buyer I've ever met. And this one from Changsha, Hunan, tore off my tags, used a lighter to attach them to their old clothes. So clever, right? I should take notes. Sent back old, torn clothes that I never even sold. Everything here is from Douyin Returns, and there's still a mountain unopened. The female clothing return rate? 80%. Beautiful items priced between $5.6 and $7 now piled up like trash. This is the dark side of online shopping's boom. Something only Douyin sellers truly know. Over 2,000 items are now dead stock. Heartbreaking. The convenience we enjoy as consumers has a hidden cost. Born by those who pack, ship, and silently take the hit. These mountains of returns aren't just failed sales, they're monuments to a broken system. One that rewards waste over worth and speed over soul. Flu outbreak in China intensifies demand for antiviral drug surges. Recently, China has seen a sharp surge in influenza cases, with the H3N2 subtype of the influenza A virus spreading rapidly. Manufacturers of oseltamivir, Tamiflu, have reported that their factories are operating 24 hours a day without interruption. Experts warn that the risk of multiple influenza virus infections is on the rise. On November 10, a researcher from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Institute of Virology stated at a press conference that the current influenza peak is expected to occur between mid-December and early January next year. Monitoring data show that flu activity in China is currently increasing, with the H3N2 subtype accounting for more than 95% of all cases, while a smaller number of H1N1 and influenza B cases are also circulating. In major hospital emergency departments, influenza has become the most prevalent infectious disease. As flu cases surge, the demand for antiviral medications has skyrocketed. Companies producing drugs such as oseltamivir have reported steadily increasing sales since mid-October, and some have switched to continuous round-the-clock production. At the same time, more pharmaceutical companies producing RNA polymerase inhibitors have announced that they are ramping up commercial production to ensure adequate market supply. According to Dr. Liu, a professor at the Canadian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the current flu outbreak in China is indeed severe. Among elderly patients, about 60% have developed serious lung infections, commonly referred to as white lung. Dr. Liu explained, Elderly patients are not infected by a single pathogen. Many suffer from mixed infections. Besides influenza viruses, other viruses are also triggered. Therefore, a single antiviral drug may not be highly effective, and we must not take this situation lightly. Dr. Zhen Lixue, a medical doctor from Okayama University in Japan, believes that the flu outbreak in China is related not only to viral transmission, but also to environmental pollution, food safety issues, poor medical conditions, and the widespread presence of substandard and counterfeit medicines. Dr. Zhen said, Since the COVID-19 pandemic, various infectious diseases have continued to emerge. Under such circumstances, people's immune systems are in disarray, making them highly susceptible to infection. In epidemiology, we call these susceptible populations, and this leads to larger-scale outbreaks. Experts warn that the current flu situation is serious, and people should take timely protective measures. 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