Live Flight Radar at Beijing's busiest airport, PEK, has landed 3 flights in the last three hours, one of which was unmarked and still sitting on the tarmac (see 2nd pic); one of the three that landed was a fedx flight out of Osaka, Japan; the third out of Copenhagen.
According to a description of the airport from 2013: "In 2013 the Beijing Capital International Airport was ranked 6th in the world with over 557,100 registered aircraft movements with take-offs and landings. In cargo traffic, Beijing Capital International airport has also observed a rapid growth registering over 1,787,000 tonnes to become the world’s 13th most busiest airport in cargo traffic". There has been no movement, in or out of the airport, to support that many flights. I know Beijing is 12 hours ahead, so middle of the night, but does this seem a viable explanation for the second largest airports in the world?
Also, there is not a single Live Cam available, except one I have found which purportedly shows a city view of "Beijing (Directorate General of China) Live Camera" There is not much traffic moving around at 2am, but that is more acceptable than entire airports NOT moving flights in and out. There is no date or time stamp on the livefeed, so no way to verify if it is not some kind of loop or previous footage.
https://specials.nishinippon.co.jp/live/china/
I'm not saying there was a coup in China, but maybe there was a coup in China. kek