Were disgruntled Chinese Communist Party members plotting an internal coup to undermine President Xi Jinping?
Chinese President Xi Jinping That question has been swirling among China watchers and ordinary Chinese even before Xi officially took the reins of power in 2012, ever since the ouster, arrest and later trial of the former Chongqing Party chief and strongman Bo Xilai, a charismatic onetime rival of Xi's in the top leadership.
