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Why former Chinese leader Hu Jintao was highest profile absentee from Jiang Zemin’s funeral
South China Morning Post ^ | 6 Dec, 2022 | William Zheng

Posted on 12/12/2022 3:03:08 PM PST by nickcarraway

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was among the few prominent figures absent from Tuesday’s state funeral for his predecessor Jiang Zemin.

The previous day he had joined Xi Jinping and dozens of other top officials in bidding farewell to Jiang. An official source said Hu and some other party elders did not attend Tuesday’s funeral because “they could not stand up for that long, given their age”.

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1 posted on 12/12/2022 3:03:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Still like those funny Chinese names.

World Explorers Magazine still runs the classified ad with a color photo of a real building and its sign.

The joke says:
Can’t find the book you’re looking for? Maybe it’s because you’re in the
Wong Fook King Book Store.


2 posted on 12/12/2022 3:20:23 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

Bkmk


3 posted on 12/12/2022 3:20:36 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: nickcarraway

Hu?


4 posted on 12/12/2022 3:39:20 PM PST by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: nickcarraway

Wasn’t he the official that was shown to be forcibly led away during Xi’s installation as ‘lifetime ruler of China’ Communist party a couple months ago? I wonder if he’s no longer with the living?


5 posted on 12/12/2022 4:18:09 PM PST by MNGal
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To: MNGal

Yes.


6 posted on 12/12/2022 4:30:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Hu was at the wake.

He had a young minder next to him at all times.

Not a nurse, a security thug.


7 posted on 12/12/2022 4:59:54 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Did they look for him in the coffin?


8 posted on 12/12/2022 8:04:16 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: frank ballenger

Talking about funny names. There is a pretty little town in Austria near Salzburg that is named Fuc**ng. GIs would love to have their pic taken at the town’s road sign and send the pic to their girlfriends with the greeting: “Wish you were here”.


9 posted on 12/12/2022 8:15:05 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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