Watch: Former leader of China, Hu Jintao, is led out by officials at ... He said something to Xi Jinping, who nodded back. Then Mr Hu was escorted out of the Great Hall of the People.

BEIJING--Chinese former President Hu Jintao was unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of a congress of the ruling Communist Party on Saturday. Hu, 79, Xi Jinping’s immediate ...

Hu Jintao, the predecessor of President Xi Jinping ... Looking distressed, Hu appeared to resist leaving as the stewards escorted him out, turning back to his seat at one point.

Those honoured in this way included Hu Jintao, president of China from 2003 to 2013, and ex-premier Zhu Rongji, who spearheaded groundbreaking economic policy in the 1990s. Li Ruihuan, former ...

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.

Footage shows former Chinese leader Hu Jintao being accompanied off stage at the Communist Party congress, where he was sitting next to President Xi Jinping. Beijing didn’t return questions on ...