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China’s New Era

The Truth of the Matter

CHAPTER

The Optics of the 20th Party Congress

The removal of former Chinese leader Hu Jintao abruptly and physically. What do you think the intention behind that was? I think there is reality of that actual situation. And then there's interpretations about it broader significance. It's really unclear precisely what happened, but my best guess is that Xi Jinping was not setting up Hu Jintsao to embarrass him.

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