Chinese former President Hu Jintao, who presided over the country and Communist Party before current dictator Xi Jinping, did not attend the official state funeral for his predecessor Jiang Zemin on Tuesday.
Hu had not been seen in public between mid-October, when the 79-year-old was manhandled and dragged out of the prestigious Communist Party Congress while sitting less than a foot away from Xi, until Monday, when he attended a smaller service for Jiang at a military hospital.South China Morning PostHu’s absence nonetheless aroused suspicion given his unceremonious ouster at the Party Congress.
“Hu Jintao also went to the hospital to pay his final respects to Jiang,” the state-run CCTV emphasized.claimed Jiang served as president from 1993 to 2003, immediately before Hu, and made a name for himself in his 90s by being overtlyto Xi during the 2017 Communist Party Congress. During Xi’s three-hour speech to the Congress that year, Jiang yawned, checked his watch, read to himself, and otherwise undermined the prestige of the occasion, turning him into a viral internet sensation that younger Chinese fans referred to as “the toad.
Jiang and Hu had a tumultuous relationship. Hu is remembered as being a low-profile Chinese president, who did little to wield his power and is often accused of allowing corruption to run rampant in the Party. Many attribute his lack of power to Jiang, whoto pull strings behind the scenes to retain power and contain Hu’s ability to run the country. Jiang did not appear to similarly handicap Xi Jinping, who took power in 2013.
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