Former Chinese president Jintao looks ‘distressed’ as he is abruptly escorted out of party congress


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New Delhi: During the closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party Congress in China Saturday, former Chinese president Hu Jintao was abruptly escorted out of the great hall. In an AFP video clip, the 79-year-old was seen sitting on incumbent President Xi Jinping’s left. Jintao is then unexpectedly led out of the main auditorium of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by two stewards. Jintao is Xi Jinping’s immediate predecessor and had retired in 2013. Reuters reported that the former president looked “distressed” and that he also resisted being escorted out of the ceremony. Video footage showed him...