Chinese Ex leader Hu Jintao Forced to out from Communist Party

Chinese Ex leader Hu Jintao Forced to out from Communist Party

Chinese Ex leader Hu Jintao Forced to out from Communist Party

Chinese Ex leader Hu Jintao Forced to out from Communist Party

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  • China’s former president was abruptly escorted out of Saturday’s Communist Party Congress closing ceremony.
  • The two men took Hu from his seat, with the staff member holding his arm, as party members behind the main table watched.

Hu Jintao, China’s former president, was abruptly escorted out of Saturday’s Communist Party Congress closing ceremony.

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Video shows a staff worker approaching Hu, 79, at the front table in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, next to his successor, Xi Jinping.

Hu spoke briefly with the male staff member while China’s third-most senior leader, Li Zhanshu, sat to his other side with his hand on the chair behind Hu’s back.

Kong Shaoxun, chief of the party’s secretariat, arrived as the staff member picked Hu up by the arm. Hu hesitated to leave after briefly talking to the two men.

The two men took Hu from his seat, with the staff member holding his arm, as party members behind the main table watched. Hu’s departure is unclear.

Hu paused to speak to Xi and patted Premier Li Keqiang on the shoulder before leaving. Xi and Li nodded. Xi’s reply was unclear.

Hu was still seated when Xi seemed to cover a document Hu was attempting to reach for with his hand, stopping him from doing so.

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In a subsequent instance, when Hu had stood up and appeared to be arguing with the two men before leaving, Li Zhanshu attempted to get up from his seat but was redirected by Wang Huning, a fellow member of the Politburo Standing Committee, who tugged on his suit jacket.

Hu, who retired in 2013, has been publicly spotted in recent years appearing to be in declining health.

The party is unlikely to provide a public justification for Hu’s abrupt departure because of the opaqueness of Chinese elite politics. The dramatic event hasn’t been mentioned in any Chinese media outlets or on social media, where such discussion is severely constrained. However, it has sparked a flurry of speculative activity elsewhere.

Before delegates were asked to approve the party’s work report at a session accessible to press, Hu left the Congress after its more than 2,000 delegates had officially endorsed the new members of the party’s elite Central Committee during a private session.

Li Keqiang and Wang Yang, who are both regarded as Hu’s proteges, were not included in the newly announced 205-member Central Committee. As a result, despite being 67 years old and one year under the party’s unofficial retirement age, neither will keep their places on the Standing Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body. On the list of new Central Committee members is 69-year-old Xi.

The Standing Committee’s membership will be made public on Sunday, the day after the Congress adjourns. It is anticipated that Xi will be re-confirmed as party chairman in an unconventional move and surround himself with allies. Xi is largely believed to have solidified his position of power by removing opponents and reducing the residual influence of party elders.

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