China's leader Xi Jinping is suffering from brain aneurysm. Refusing surgery.

Editorial Staff: May 14, 2022

• Peculated by bloggers that Chinese premier has bulging blood vessel in brain

• Communist Party Censorship of social media posts suggest Xi's poor health worsened by Covid crisis

• Xi reportedly wants treatment with traditional medicine and no major surgery

• Xi was rushed to hospital with brain bleed in late 2021, unverified reports claim

Chinese premier Xi Jinping won't go under the knife to treat a rumoured brain aneurysm, reports in China claim.

Bloggers suggested the 68 year old premier and Beijing leader, prefers traditional medicine and will refuse brain surgery, according to posts removed by the state censors.

At the start of the pandemic, that many blame China for they worked to export traditional medicine options for the treatment of Covid. With Xi being one of the campaign's leading advocates.

Xi has reportedly struggled as a wave of ultra-strict Covid lockdowns across China stretch the nation's economy - and the government's ability to suppress dissent among its people.

He is thought to have been rushed to hospital late last year after doctors spotted a bulging blood vessel in his brain, news agency ANI reported.

Like Putin, Xi's health has always been a closely guarded secret. Altough when addressing a crowd in Shenzhen during the first Covid wave in 2020, observers noted his slow speech and coughing.

While visiting Italy in March 2019, Xi was pictured with a noticeable limp and needing help while attempting to sit down. Age must be catching up with the premier.

Last week the Politburo state council warned the public not to rebel against the strict lockdowns being put in place with China's 'Zero Covid' policy. These strict lockdowns have included some of the world's most draconian social distancing measures including fencing around apartment buildings and metal barriers in the streets.

In some cases toddlers have even reportedly been separated from their parents in pursuit of containing the virus.

In Shanghai, images of workers in white hazmat suits sealing entrances of housing blocks and closing off entire streets with green metal cages spread on social media.

Xi reaffirmed his commitment to a 'zero-COVID' policy two weeks ago, putting China at odds with much of the rest of the world. While many countries are dropping restrictions and trying to live with the virus, China is keeping its international borders largely shut and closing off entire cities to all but essential travel.

The Chinese Politburo acknowledged the economic cost of lockdowns, saying efforts must be made to 'minimize the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development,' the official Xinhua News Agency reported recently.

Despite the toll on the economy and everyday life, the approach is extolled by the Communist Party as a virtuous display of self-sacrifice under the slogan 'Persistence is victory.' But at what cost? China is ruled under an Iron Fist and people's human rights are often secondary to those of the perceived well-being of the ruling party.

Though it carefully censors the web, China's government has also struggled to keep a lid on disaffection with the Zero Covid plan. But that censorship is getting harder and harder to harder to maintain as dissatisfaction grows among the masses.

An estimated 180 million Chinese people are impacted by these draconian lockdowns even though in the country there are relatively low infection rates. Or at least that is what is being reported.

In Shanghai the draconian measures have only tightened, with children told to walk to school in hazmat suits and diners trapped in a restaurant after the doors were drilled shut. Buildings where cases were found have had entrances sealed up, with a small opening for Covid prevention guards to pass through.

'This is so disrespectful of the rights of the people inside, using metal barriers to enclose them like domestic animals,' said one Weibo user.

Yet another video showed residents shouting from balconies at workers as they set up fencing. The workers relented and took it away. Other videos showed people trying to pull fences down. With the comment being made, 'Isn't this a fire hazard?' Unfortunately for the people in China they really do not have a voice as just about everything is controlled by the government.