Exfiltrated from the big rout of the CCP, the former Chinese president Hu Jintao “did not feel well” on leaving the party congress, reports the official Chinese media.
The picture was amazing. In the middle of the Chinese Communist Party congress, former President Hu Jintao was exfiltrated when he occupied the place next to the current main leader, Xi Jinping. Widely commented images.
According to the official Chinese agency, Xinhua, the top leader “did not feel well” when he left the party congress. “Hu Jintao had insisted on attending the closing session … despite the fact that he had to take time to recover recently,” assured the new China agency on Twitter.
“When he did not feel well during the session, his team, for his health, accompanied him to an adjacent room to rest. Now he is much better,” the official agency added.
Former Chinese President Hu Jintao was escorted, visibly against his will, to the exit on Saturday, during the closing ceremony of the Communist Party congress. A very unusual picture.
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Hu Jintao, who presided over China from 2003 to 2013 and is considered a reformer, was pressured by staff to rise from his seat, which sits next to Xi Jinping in the front row of the People’s Palace.
As he stood up, Hu Jintao had a brief exchange with Xi Jinping, who answered him without looking at him, and with Premier Li Keqiang, whom he patted on the shoulder.
This sequence occurred just before the unanimous vote, by some 2,300 CCP delegates, to include Xi Jinping’s “central role” in the party charter.