Two weekends ago, internet users who monitor China were abuzz with rumours of the house arrest of President Xi Jinping. According to the posts, Xi had been detained following his return from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The rumours suggested that a Peoples Liberation Army general, Li Qiaoming, had replaced Xi.
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