# Hu Jintao escorted out of China's Party Congress. Something? Nothing? It's unclear

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**Created:** [October 22, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hu-jintao-escorted-out-of-chinas-party-congress-something-nothing-its-unclear/973641 "2022-10-22T20:01:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hu-jintao-escorted-out-of-chinas-party-congress-something-nothing-its-unclear/973641/21 "2022-10-25T23:04:38Z")

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> [@PatrickLondon](#):
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> Saddam Hussein did something similar to half his leadership team at one point.

You can see it here.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kLUktJbp2Ug/maxresdefault.jpg "Saddam Hussein's Very Public Purge") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug&t=89)

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hu-jintao-escorted-out-of-chinas-party-congress-something-nothing-its-unclear/973641/22 "2022-10-29T02:24:23Z")

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I do believe they removed him because he was confused and they didn’t want him to continue to look confused in front of everyone.

Here is the footage from minutes before he was removed and you can see a bit more, including the president call someone over to get him removed after seeing his behavior.

> **[r/interestingasfuck - New footage emerges of former Chinese leader Hu Jintao...](https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/yg2lke/new_footage_emerges_of_former_chinese_leader_hu/)**
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