New Chinese Communist Party leadership will hold press gathering in Beijing on Sunday
Former China President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in Beijing today from his chair next to his successor Xi Jinping, CNN reported, citing meeting video.
Li’s departure was “a moment of drama during what is typically a highly choreographed event,” the network reported. “The circumstances surrounding Hu’s exit are not clear.”
Hu was led out “shortly after foreign media came in,” the Associated Press said.
The week-long gathering on Saturday selected 205 party leaders of its central committee for the next five years. The meeting comes amid geopolitical tension with the U.S. over Taiwan and Beijing’s close ties with Russia, and has been watched by governments, businesses and investors globally for signs of China’s future policy directions.
