Editing Hu Jintao (section)

=== 20th Communist Party Congress ===
{{main|Hu Jintao removal incident}}

At the closing ceremony of the [[20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|20th CCP National Congress]] on 22 October 2022, Hu, who had been sitting next to Xi, was [[Hu Jintao removal incident|pulled from his seat and escorted out of the hall]] by two men in suits and with name badges.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Graham-Harrison |first1=Emma |last2=Davidson |first2=Helen |date=22 October 2022 |title=Former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of party congress |website=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/22/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-unexpectedly-led-out-of-party-congress |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022194725/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/22/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-unexpectedly-led-out-of-party-congress |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=22 October 2022 |title=Hu Jintao escorted out of China party congress |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-escorted-out-party-congress-2022-10-22/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022191231/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/former-chinese-president-hu-jintao-escorted-out-party-congress-2022-10-22/ |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Areddy |first=James T. |title=Hu Jintao's Exit from China's Party Congress Causes a Stir |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hu-jintaos-exit-from-chinas-party-congress-causes-a-stir-11666450539 |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027144844/https://www.wsj.com/articles/hu-jintaos-exit-from-chinas-party-congress-causes-a-stir-11666450539 |archive-date=27 October 2022}}</ref> This incident occurred before the votes that day, which Hu was absent from as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 October 2022 |title=二十大闭幕 大会表决通过中委中纪委报告及党章修正案 - RTHK |language=zh |website=[[Radio Television Hong Kong]] |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1672180-20221022.htm?spTabChangeable=0 |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221022225150/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1672180-20221022.htm?spTabChangeable=0 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=李 |first=宗芳 |date=22 October 2022 |title=影/中共20大/閉幕表決胡錦濤中場離席 依舊不見江澤民出席 {{!}} 中天新聞網 |website=[[CTi News]] |url=https://www.ctinews.com/news/items/gzaeA9wEam |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221022224916/https://www.ctinews.com/news/items/gzaeA9wEam |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> [[Xinhua News Agency]], China's official press agency, stated that Hu was not feeling well,<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonell |first=Stephen |date=22 October 2022 |title=Hu Jintao: The mysterious exit of China's former leader from party congress |website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63358627 |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022192158/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63358627 |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> while foreign news speculated about whether Hu was genuinely sick or whether this was a deliberate political signal by Xi.<ref name=":03">{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=James |date=22 October 2022 |title=What the Hell Just Happened to Hu Jintao? |newspaper=[[Foreign Policy]] |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/22/china-xi-jinping-hu-jintao-ccp-congress/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221022163847/https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/22/china-xi-jinping-hu-jintao-ccp-congress/ |archive-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 October 2022 |title=Was Hu Jintao's removal from China's 20th party congress suspicious or not? |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/china-hu-jintao-removal-20th-party-congress-suspicious-or-not |url-status=live |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206221809/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/china-hu-jintao-removal-20th-party-congress-suspicious-or-not |archive-date=6 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Xi Jinping has surrounded himself with loyalists |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/china/2022/10/27/xi-jinping-has-surrounded-himself-with-loyalists |url-status=live |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028083105/https://www.economist.com/china/2022/10/27/xi-jinping-has-surrounded-himself-with-loyalists |archive-date=28 October 2022}}</ref> The incident was not broadcast in China and both Hu's and his son's names were blocked by Chinese censors.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2022 |title=Hu Jintao argued about official papers before being escorted out of congress |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/hu-jintao-argued-about-official-papers-before-being-escorted-out-of-congress |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027205200/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/hu-jintao-argued-about-official-papers-before-being-escorted-out-of-congress |archive-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>