Hu Jintao can’t be traced since he was forcefully escorted out of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Conference in October last year.
It looks like Jintao is probably dead and Russia is not happy with this.
But how is the Russian angle coming out here?
Hu Jintao was a better friend of Russia than Xi Jinping and it is supposed that Russia is not happy with the side-lining of Hu Jintao.
During Hu Jintao’s presidency of China from 2003 to 2013, the relationship between China and Russia can be characterized as one of pragmatic cooperation and strategic partnership.
Hu Jintao and Russia’s president at the time, Vladimir Putin, maintained cordial personal relations and held frequent meetings and phone calls. They also oversaw the signing of several important agreements that deepened economic and strategic ties between the two countries.
One of the most significant agreements signed during Hu Jintao’s presidency was the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation in 2001, which established a framework for the two countries’ relations and emphasized their commitment to mutual respect and cooperation.
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Under Hu Jintao’s leadership, China and Russia also launched a number of joint economic initiatives, such as the construction of an oil pipeline connecting the two countries and the establishment of a bilateral investment fund to promote trade and investment.
Despite some disagreements on issues such as the North Korean nuclear program and the conflict in Syria, overall the relationship between Hu Jintao’s China and Russia was marked by cooperation and mutual benefit.
Hu Jintao created a legacy on which China-Russia relations moved forward for the decades to come.
But as of now, Hu Jintao can’t be traced and Moscow is certainly not happy with it.
In October last year, Hu Jintao was humiliated on a grandeur scale by Xi Jinping. The next day, Xi declared his third term and his top team of loyalists. The timing of the event and the obscurity of Chinese politics triggered a global guessing game as to what had happened.
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The Shanghai Gang, led by Jiang Zemin, and the Chinese Communist Youth League (CCYL), headed by Hu Jintao, had previously dominated Chinese politics in the post-Deng Xiaoping era. The two groups established a power-sharing mechanism over time. They were given seats at the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee, the two most important decision-making bodies in the nation.
The positions of general secretary of the party and president of China were held by the two factions alternately. The Shanghai Gang and CCYL clashed for power, but they also worked together on several issues and subjects. The CCP’s factional rivalry served as the most concrete representation of Deng Xiaoping’s vision for collective leadership.
It’s clear that Xi Jinping hates Hu Jintao and has probably cleared him out of the way.
So, has China killed Hu Jintao and is this the reason Vladimir Putin is parting ways with Xi Jinping?
