Commentary
Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao’s peculiar exit from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) congress meeting on Oct. 22 has ignited global discussion and intense speculation. And given current leader Xi Jinping’s war-waging aims, well it should.
By now tens of millions of people have seen at least part of Hu’s departure video. My summary: former leader Hu is seated at the front table in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, in a VIP dais seat next to his successor, Xi Jinping.
Action: Two senior staff members wearing surgical masks approach. A befuddled Hu rises, reaches for a paper, appears to speak with Xi, then pats former premier Li Zhanshu, (China’s third most senior leader) on the shoulder….