This is right up there with the North Korean leader being dead of a heart attack suffered during a medical procedure.
And Putin dying of cancer any day now.
Well then Xi should probably just make a public appearance of some sort.
I remember when the Governor of California went “missing” for a couple weeks in 2021. It was rumored that he had been recently vaccinated and that he was having really bad side-effects, and he stayed secluded until he was back to normal.