Hu Jintao escorted out of China party congress

[The Bread Guy]

RIGHT -- off you go, then!

Hu Jintao: ex-president escorted out of China party congress

The former president is led off stage during the Party Congress, with no explanation given.

www.bbc.com

 

[OldSolduer]

RIGHT -- off you go, then!

Hu Jintao: ex-president escorted out of China party congress

The former president is led off stage during the Party Congress, with no explanation given.

www.bbc.com

He had a sudden illness no doubt. Lead poisoning?

 

[dimsum]

For context, Hu Jintao was the leader before Xi Jinping. He is considered (relatively) moderate.

Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress

Video footage showed a steward repeatedly trying to lift Hu from his seat, drawing concerned looks from nearby officials.

www.reuters.com

Edit to add: Video from AFP

 

[Kirkhill]

This previous report of non-conformity in the party.

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Hu's public disappearance - pour encourager les autres? But while this demonstrates Xi's ruthlessness does it just generate more enemies and make them more careful?

 

[Remius]

Hopefully he isn’t near any windows or one story building stairs.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Hopefully he isn’t near any windows or one story building stairs.

Hey, hey, hey - this isn't Russia, there's rules ... oh, wait ....

Let's just hope his organs get put to good use

 

[Infanteer]

Wow. This seems important. Cracks in the Party?

 

[Edward Campbell]

This is the BBC's take, which seems as good or better then anything else I have read in the past few hours.

"The Communist Party's mass meetings are normally highly scripted events, leading to speculation that the timing of Hu Jintao's departure might not have been an accident.​

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He attended the earlier closed-door session on the last day of the Congress, then cameras were allowed in for the final portion of the day. It was just after the cameras had set up that officials approached Mr Hu and indicated that he should go.​

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That said, the party doesn't normally air its dirty laundry in public. If this was a deliberate show, it would mark a departure from usual behaviour."​

And this, same source.

"Chinese state news site Xinhua reported that Mr Hu had not been feeling well during the session. It said his staff then accompanied him from the session to rest, adding that he is "much better" now."​

 

[OldSolduer]

"Chinese state news site Xinhua reported that Mr Hu had not been feeling well during the session. It said his staff then accompanied him from the session to rest, adding that he is "much better" now."

Maybe he feels better after his "nap", which is most likely permanent.

People tend to forget China is a Communist dictatorship that does not tolerate criticism.

 

[Infanteer]

I believe one observer got it right when they said "we may not know what this means, but the intended audience of the CCP knows what this means."

This was not a surprise.

 

[OldSolduer]

I believe one observer got it right when they said "we may not know what this means, but the intended audience of the CCP knows what this means."

This was not a surprise.

You, Mr C and I all know what it means.

Its The new saying "fuck around and find out " at the political level.

 

[GK .Dundas]

Maybe he feels better after his "nap", which is most likely permanent.

People tend to forget China is a Communist dictatorship that does not tolerate criticism.

To be precise China may well be the World's largest and possibly only feudal industrial state.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Sounds like, Out with old ways and people. In with Chairman Xi and his vision of the future China.

 

[Edward Campbell]

I'm wondering if some sort of resistance might not have been threatening to coalesce around Hun Jintao ... whatever a resistance might look like in modern China and despite Hu's age and, understandable, ill health.

I say that I wonder because I no longer have as much reasonably trustworthy information as I had a few years ago. Things have changed, so have friendships relationships.

 

[Good2Golf]

That said, doesn’t this bode poorly for China writ large, given earlier notes that Xi and his policies have actually been bad for Chinese hegemonic power/growth?

 

[Weinie]

That said, doesn’t this bode poorly for China writ large, given earlier notes that Xi and his policies have actually been bad for Chinese hegemonic power/growth?

History shows when autocrats/dictators face domestic unrest, they foist an external crisis on the domestic audience. That it was why I fear for Taiwan.

 

[dapaterson]

History shows when autocrats/dictators face domestic unrest, they foist an external crisis on the domestic audience. That it was why I fear for Taiwan.

Danielle Smith enters the chat?

 

[dimsum]

Danielle Smith enters the chat?

 

[KevinB]

History shows when autocrats/dictators face domestic unrest, they foist an external crisis on the domestic audience. That it was why I fear for Taiwan.

Agreed, but I think Xi has also taken a good read of the Ukraine, and while I am sure he’d like to take Taiwan, he’s knows it’s a little beyond his capabilities at this point in time.

 

[Weinie]

Agreed, but I think Xi has also taken a good read of the Ukraine, and while I am sure he’d like to take Taiwan, he’s knows it’s a little beyond his capabilities at this point in time.

Desperate men do desperate things. I truly hope you are right.