Posted on 10/24/2022 11:01:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Nothing , same as always it’s just for Show
“The Chinese now have said, however, that Hu was not feeling well.”
You wouldn’t feel well too if you thought you were about to exiled or shot.
Wow, I thought I reading a recounting of 1/7/21. Remember when Pence, McConnell and McCarthy approached the alarmed “what America was to be” guy from behind and escorted him from the national scene?
It is interesting to the West to see in real-time someone becoming an “Unperson”.
To be fair, we have it here in the USA, the mechanism is just a little bit different is all.
And we are closer to doing it the way they do. Up front. On television. In the open. With everyone else present pretending it isn’t happening, and understanding the rule that the “unpersoned” person can no longer be mentioned in public or private at the risk of being “Unpersoned” yourself.
If Stalin had been alive while Khrushchev ruled the USSR, Nikita would have done the same thing.
(P.S. During the recent MLB playoffs the announcer referred to the pitcher Shane Bieber as “Justin Bieber” which quickly went viral. It didn’t bother me, I’ve referred to the Lightning hockey forward Nikita Kucherov as Nikita Khrushchev more than once.)
Two ends of the spectrum of comments on this event
1) Out of respect for Hu’s former status, and Xi’s desire for party unity, Xi invited Hu to sit next to him at this final ceremony of the 20th party congress, in spite of Hu’s frail health and state of mind. Hu had a health incident (or he shat himself) and sadly, the confused old Hu needed to be helped out of the ceremony
2) As Politburo appointments showed, Xi has top-to-bottom control of the Government and can now be Emporer for life. Xi’s conflict with the “Communist Youth League” group (or Shanghai clique, its often called) is finally over and he has crushed them. Displaying to any potential rivals (and also to foreigners) the decrepit Hu being purposely brought to the ceremony - and then being unceremoniously removed, is a public display pointing out conflict/debate is over - and Xi Jinping has won. Don’t bet on these old fools, and don’t mess with Xi
The reports that Xi might have been subject to a coup might have actually been a clever ploy by Xi. He could have gathered intelligence on who (Hu?) was happy about a potential coup and is beginning the process of rounding them up or putting the fear of Xi into them.
Hu, we never knew you...
He did put me in mind of Joe Biden being carefully ushered off the stage - "No, Mr. President, the exit is that way."
Reminds me of pictures I’ve seen of Stalin and Sadam Hussein where politicians were led out of a meeting directly to a place of execution. I continue watching the Jan 6 proceedings and expecting someone being led to an unknown place. Steve Banion had better watch his back. And forget about getting justice for murdered Ashley Babbit.
Hu? Never heard of him.
Kind of like that scene in the “Left Behind” movie?
The Author is going out of his way to downplay Xi’s public humiliation of his predecessor.
>>sadly, the confused old Hu needed to be helped out of the ceremony<<
He’ll be alright.
They will gently lead him to a place facing a stack of sandbags, offer him an expensive American cigarette and cheap blindfold, and gently shoot him in the back of his head. Hurrah for socialism.
Just Twitter being Twitter.
It is disturbing to watch that video from China.
The old Communist is confused, and looks like he his pleading with Xi who pointedly ignores him, so that guy probably knew his fate was sealed.
I find it hard to muster too much sympathy for the old guy, since he was likely a party member his whole life and likely had the toe of his pointed shoe on the testicle of some dissident at some point, but all Leftists should know, sooner or later the tyranny they espouse will come to take their freedoms and their lives someday.
However, it is a given that they will refuse to believe it until they are dragged away by the people they supported as they scream out in confusion “Why are you doing this to me? I am one of you!”
Or as many people believe Xi is purging the CCP from Chinese politics.
Tessio: Tom, can you get me off the hook, for old times sakes?
Tom: Sorry, can’t do it Sally.
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