Listen to the audio version of the article The news of an alleged coup in China, with President Xi Jinping under house arrest, is popular on social media. On Twitter, the hashtag Xi and #ChinaCoup are trending, but no confirmation comes from the Beijing government and the news does not appear in the Chinese media. For many Internet sites this would be unfounded news that is part of an anti Xi conspiracy. A confirmation in this sense also comes from the ironic series of tweets by Der Spiegel correspondent Georg Fahrionwhich shows Beijing’s focal points without any anomalous signs. Voices...