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Published on: 30. October 2022

Where is Hu?

epa10258168 China's former President Hu Jintao (C, back) is led out as President Xi Jinping (R), Premier Li Keqiang (2-L) and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang (L) look on during the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, 22 October 2022. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will close on 22 October with President Xi Jinping expected to secure a historic third five-year term in power. EPA-EFE/MARK R. CRISTINO

At the end of the Party Congress, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the hall. No public statements have been made since. So a debate rages: Is Hu ill or suffering from dementia? Or did Xi demonstratively have his ill-favored predecessor and his supporters publicly eliminated?

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Christiane Kuehl

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