Hu Jintao

A frail-looking Hu seemed reluctant to leave the front row in Beijing's Great Hall, with no explanation given for his departure.

A steward, holding Hu’s arm, led the former president out. The frail-looking Hu, 79, initially seemed reluctant to leave the front row of politburo standing committee members in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, where he was sitting next to President Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist party congress, AFP journalists on the scene witnessed.

Former Chinese top leader Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of a major meeting of China's ruling Communist Party Saturday, ...

On his way out, Hu was seen to pause and appeared to say something to Xi and gesture at the leader and then patted Premier Li Keqiang on the shoulder. The closing event comes one day before the reveal of the party’s new top leadership. Hu spoke with the two men briefly and initially appeared reluctant to leave.

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A frail-looking former Chinese president Hu Jintao has been escorted out of the Communist Party Congress and seemed reluctant to leave his seat next to ...

Be determined to keep forging ahead," he told the party faithful. Security was also a main focus of the speech, in which Xi lauded Hong Kong's transition from "chaos to governance" and vowed to "never commit to abandoning the use of force" to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan. "Xi's power will be akin to that of the dictator of China, and there will be next to no scope for anyone to advise him to attempt course correction," Tsang told AFP. The weekend will also see the new Central Committee approve a reshuffled 25-member Politburo, as well as a Politburo Standing Committee -- China's apex of power -- of around seven people, which analysts expect to be stacked with Xi allies. President Xi delivered a speech in one of the final events of the week-long gathering at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) has a word with an official before former president Hu Jintao (right) was led out of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Beijing – Former Chinese President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday's closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment ...

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Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was escorted off stage during the closing session of a major Communist Party congress, where the 79-year-old had been ...

The former president is escorted off stage during the Party Congress, with no explanation given.

He also reaffirmed China's right to use force to seize the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Hu Jintao represents a very different China to that of Xi Jinping. He attended the earlier closed-door session on the last day of the Congress, then cameras were allowed in for the final portion of the day. The Communist Party's mass meetings are normally highly scripted events, leading to speculation that the timing of Hu Jintao's departure might not have been an accident. Why in front of the cameras? There are a lot of questions and no answers so far from the Chinese government.