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UNBELIEVABLE: 3 - Caught on Camera

Former Chinese President was ‘not feeling well’ when he left congress, says state media

It comes after footage showed a steward trying to take Hu, who was China’s leader from 2003 to 2013, by the arm before ushering him out of a major Communist Party ceremony

Evening Standard

Questions swirl after China's former leader Hu leaves event

Questions abound after former Chinese President Hu Jintao was suddenly escorted offstage

The Independent UK

Putin congratulates Chinese President as Xi Jinping secures historic third term in power

The congress in Beijing also approved an amendment to the constitution that Xi said “sets out clear requirements for upholding and strengthening the party’s leadership”

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Xi cements his power at Chinese Communist Party congress – but he is still exposed on the economy

Xi Jinping’s clean sweep in elevating trusted allies to the commanding heights of the Chinese Communist Party is a political outcome that has implications beyond China’s borders.

The Conversation

International: Xi Jinping has secured a third term as China's leader: state media

Chinese President Xi Jinping has secured an unprecedented third term as the country's top leader, putting him among the likes of most influential leaders China has seen since the Chinese Communist Party was founded by Mao Zedong. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

In Mao’s footsteps: Xi Jinping puts himself at core of China’s government

President would normally step down now after 10 years as leader, but he has abolished term limits and promoted his allies

The Guardian - UK

China's Xi Jinping emerges from the Communist Party congress with dominance

Xi Jinping has came out of the party congress stronger than ever after securing a third term as party boss and pushing all but his most loyal of allies out of the picture.

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Xi Secures Historic Third Term as China's Leader

Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on Sunday and promoted some of his closest Communist Party allies, cementing his position as the nation's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Xi Jinping secures 3rd term as China's Communist Party leader, further concentrating power

China's strongman leader is likely to continue confrontation with the West.

Axios

Xi Jinping secures historic third term in power – as it happened

China’s leader has been granted a precedent-breaking third term and has stacked his inner circle with loyalists. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Ex-China president escorted out of party meeting - before 'vanishing' from internet

Hu Jintao, who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012, appeared reluctant to leave the front row of proceedings at Beijing's Great Hall of the People

Daily Mirror

Former Chinese leader escorted out of Communist Party Congress

An explanation was not given for the incident that took place in front of media during a highly choreographed event.

Axios

What the Hell Just Happened to Xi Jinping’s predecessor?

Xi Jinping’s predecessor was forcibly led away from the Party Congress.

Foreign Policy

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of party congress

President Xi Jinping is expected to be confirmed for a third term by the congress later this week, breaking with decades of tradition and making him China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong

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Former Chinese president Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress as Xi Jinping looks on

Former Chinese president Hu Jintao is unexpectedly led out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment that disrupts the highly choreographed event.

WEKU

China's Communist Party moves to solidify Xi Jinping's power in leadership shuffle

Two notable members were removed from the upper leadership ranks. The congress also approved the addition of new wording to the party charter that cements Xi's role as the so-called core of the party.

Dynamite News

Chinese Ex-President Hu Jintao Escorted Out Of Communist Party Congress

Hu, 79, Xi Jinping's immediate predecessor, was seated to the left of Xi. Read more on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Hu Jintao incident spoils Xi’s party

BEIJING: Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress in a dramatic moment that disrupted the highly choreographed event.

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Reuters

Chinese ex-President Hu Jintao escorted out of party congress

Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday.

The Independent UK

China party congress offers look at future leaders

Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of China's ruling Communist Party on Sunday

The News Lens

The 20th Party Congress and the Crowning of Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping’s maneuverings to ensure his personal domination in the CCP, long in the planning, threaten to upset a bedrock of the durability of the party.

ABC News

As Xi Jinping made a bid for power, his charismatic rival Bo Xilai loomed. Then came a murder in a hotel room

As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

Radio France Internationale

Is the Communist party's old guard tiring of Xi's iron grip on China?

By rooting out his opponents through merciless "anti-corruption" campaigns and supressing all forms of criticism, Chinese leader Xi Jinping now seems to be untouchable. Thousands of delegates are set to rubber-stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term as they meet for the five-yearly Congress. But between the…

Al Jazeera

Is Xi Jinping China’s new Mao Zedong?

With Xi casting himself as a 21st-century Mao, China risks ‘arbitrary rule’.

Reuters

China ex-official Zhang makes first appearance since sexual assault claim

Chinese former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli made his first public appearance on Sunday since Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused him of sexual assault last year, attending the 20th Communist Party Congress.

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