Rumors of Xi

Bill Gertz of the Washington Times is forwarding rumors of a serious illness or stroke involving Chairman Xi during his visit to India. No idea if the reports are true, but he's spent decades building sources. 

Coincidentally, the Times also recently carried a Hudson report calling for the US to begin serious planning efforts for the sudden collapse of the Communist state in China. That's a good idea. We should be planning for sudden collapses in several places, of which China is one. The system of the last few decades is coming to an end, and some things are going to fail unexpectedly and suddenly when it hits the wall. The question might be which of the monoliths is still around when the smoke clears, if any are.