There’s videos going around of Hu being removed from the summit as he’s talking with Xi. They claim it’s because he voiced objections to Xi taking a 3rd term or something? I generally support Xi and the direction the CPC has been going but idk much about Hu and what he did. My “China bad” deprogramming only started a few years ago and I haven’t really read much about the CPC before Xi yet.
I don’t trust anything the western media says for obvious reasons. I do however trust your all’s insight into these matters. I’m just bad at finding sources on this stuff that is outside of the western sphere of influence.
Edit: Fixed CCP ➡️ CPC
Like, what are we seeing on the footage? Man is sitting their, at an important meeting. Some guy walks up and says something to him, but he does not seem willing to leave.
Could be because it is an important meeting and he needs to be there. Whatever was happening could wait, in his eyes. But after some talking he decides to leave.
He briefly says something to Xi, Xi smiles, the guy taps the guy on the right of Xi on his shoulder and leaves.
That’s it. Of course it is a five cours meal for the Western media. But really, it’s not that spectacular.
It could literally be a personal matter like something happened to his family or something lmao
That’s what I was thinking. But of course nothing can be normal in China.
Yeah like, it wasn’t like he was violently dragged away or something. Just didn’t know if anyone had sources or if they stated why he left anywhere. I also don’t know what his relationship with Xi is like.
to be fair at this level people are seldom dragged away. Throughout history, losers of power struggles are usually allowed to retire, self-exile, or commit suicide on their own terms, giving them 体面. So not being dragged away does not necessarily mean that all is well; an escort could either be to protect you or contain you and outsiders could never tell the difference.
But if I had to take a guess, Hu enabled Xi’s ascension to power, and I think that Xi Jinping respects Hu Jintao. Of course I don’t know for certain that this is the case, but just what I would feel if I were in that position.