New footage from China congress fuels questions about why Hu Jintao was hauled out

New footage from the Chinese Communist party congress shows a series of interactions related to a file held by Hu Jintao, before the former president was hauled out of the room.

Outgoing politburo member Li Zhanshu can be seen pulling a file away from Hu, before Xi Jinping signals to some aides and gives them lengthy instructions. They then turn to Hu, and holding him by his arms remove him from the hall. Chinese media have reported that Hu was taken out of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing because he was feeling unwell.

The incident came as Xi Jinping was confirmed as the leader of the party for a precedent-breaking third term. Xi replaced Hu as China's president in 2013.

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The fact that everybody around was sitting there stiff and wooden faced, shows how afraid everyone was.

[grundy]

I love how everyone in their chairs are like “nothing to see here!”

If he wasn’t “unwell” then he sure is now.

[michaelsimpson]

How to terrify a room full of thousands of people without even moving

[ironmana]

His eyes tell everything, he was surprised that this thing could even happen on himself.

[RT-orit]

The scary thing is none of the major Chinese social media outlets talk about this. All searches for Hu Jintao either return no results or outdated results. Guy is getting erased.

[Miumiu]

0:38 the realization in Hu Jintao's face

[bltlife]

For a country that's all about pride, they didn't leave him much.

[BParis-kjqo]

What a charming, open, transparent way of decision

[antiphonusy]

This is a historic moment in China's transition from collective dictatorship to individual dictatorship

[VicharB]

He wanted to see the list which had the names of 7, which was replaced by Xi with his candidates, not that what was agreed with Hu Jintao. Having seeing the list Hu would have reacted there. Remember that Hu was backed by Shanghai Gang, the real corporates behind (Tsencnet, Alibaba, telelcoms, etc) .... and the story goes on. It's a deep political power struggle, one needs to understand, not what you see from outside.

[dayneholt]

He wasn't unwell when he left, he is unwell now.

[joei]

The “finalized” list shown to Hu was different to the actual list presented in the congress, Hu realized and wanted to see the list, Li Zhan shu (third highest political power) denied him doing it. Although Hu have no political power and health was declining for years, he is still one of the most respected person in China. If he was truly unwell… and escorted out due to consideration of his well-being, there would been reports on Chinese social media and news outlet regarding the issue. Unfortunately, there’s zero coverage. Jiang ze min unfortunately didn’t make to the congress this year, but I sincerely hope both Hu and Jiang have a long peaceful life.

[thealmighty]

He is now with his the two have a heart to heart....

[dokacokequak]

one possibility is that Hu found out the list was not identical to what they agreed on in advanced and he showed some kind of frustration, which made Xi decide to "get him out of the meeting".

[ahmedwan]

As a Chinese person I wish him rest in peace. He isn’t a perfect man but he’s doing much better than his successor

[lautuckwai]

How someone treat his benefictor tells a lot about the person in him

[Cursed_Mark]

"Tom can you get me off the hook? For old times sake?"
"Can't do it, Sally."

[worldbfree]

He was looking at Xi like “For old times sake, ah Tom?” 😅

[distrologic]

Unbelievable how nobody sees anything wrong with this and just plays along.