Ex-Chinese Leader Escorted Out of Communist Party Congress as Xi Cements Control
October 23rd, 2022Via: Epoch Times:
China’s former top leader Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of a key Communist Party meeting in Beijing with no explanation, stirring questions in a usually highly choreographed event.
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Circumstances around Hu’s removal from the room were unclear. On the first day of the weeklong meeting, Hu seemed unsteady and was assisted onto the same stage by a young aide.
On Hu’s left side on Saturday, senior figure Li Zhanshu wiped sweat from his forehead as the scene unfolded. He tidied his suit and was getting up to help Hu, but was pulled back by a quick tug from Wang Huning, the Party’s ideology tsar sitting next to him.
While seated, Hu at one moment reached for files belonging to Xi that lay between the two on the table. Xi put his hand on the document to hold it down; the staffer quickly moved the ex-leader’s arm off the table and again tried to get him to his feet. Barely anyone from the front row stirred when Hu passed from behind to the exit.
