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Nanyangsheng, Wanru, Qin Xiling, Lin Beixue, Shen Haidong, Zhou Yuzhong and other doctoral students quietly listened to the old dean Bai Yu and two professors Hong Wenxuan and Shen Zhirui talking about the events of the Hu Jintao period.

These teachers and students gathered at the Cafe Bau restaurant in Hong Kong, the topic of chatting was all caused by the fact that Hu Jintao was taken away at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China caught the world's attention when former leader Hu Jintao was pulled from his seat at the congress just as Xi Jinping was seeking a historic re-election.

A few hours after the incident, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency wrote on its official Twitter account that due to health problems, Hu Jintao was taken to a room next to the venue to rest, and the situation had improved at the time of publication. However, Xinhua's news was written in English and there was no Chinese version, and the incident was not mentioned at all in its Chinese report.

In fact, so far, no media in China has mentioned this matter.

ABC Chinese observed that China Central Television (CCTV)'s "News Network" screen did not include any close-up shots of the empty seat, and from the perspective of Chinese viewers, Hu Jintao still appeared to be present at the closing ceremony.

In the wide-angle footage of the clip aired by CCTV, people can hardly see that Hu Jintao's chair is empty.

Dr. Teng Biao, deputy editor-in-chief of "China Democracy Quarterly", said in an interview with ABC Chinese that the reasons behind this incident may be very unclear, and he has reservations about the "excessive interpretation" of the outside world.

"They analyze the power struggle in Zhongnanhai as the most important part of Chinese politics, and I call them 'Zhongnanhai listeners,'" Teng Biao said.

"They try to figure out some words and convey some signals...China's political opacity and lack of democracy are very easy to cause such gossip and rumors.

"The West desperately needs to know the direction of China's political leaders and the logic of their governance, but they should not rely on these rumors and political signals, and chase after the end."

From the screen of CCTV's "News Network", it is not clear that Hu Jintao's seat is empty.

Information about Hu Jintao's removal from the meeting was also highly censored on Chinese social media, and on Weibo, posts with both keywords "Hu Jintao" and "Twenty Congress" could not be published. This unexpected scene has aroused the curiosity of China watchers and journalists around the world. The 79-year-old former CCP leader has been taken away for at least 72 hours and has not returned to public view.

Nan Yangsheng told the old dean Bai Yu and the two professors Hong Wenxuan and Shen Zhirui: Many people began to worry that Hu Jintao might be liquidated within the party.

Professor Shen Zhirui said: It is still too early to speculate on the circumstances behind this incident.

Dr. Zhou Yuzhong said: I watched CCTV's "News Network" program that night, and the content included a scene of Hu Jintao sitting next to Xi Jinping.

Shen Haidong said: I also watched the TV reports, which seemed to show that he was not persecuted, because the tradition of mainland propaganda is to block officials who have problems or have been liquidated in news reports.

Qin Xiling said:

In my opinion, Hu Jintao is also the spokesperson of the CCP's elite group. It is impossible for him to surpass his political limitations, and the evaluation of Hu Jintao should not be blindly exaggerated. During his time in power, there were already signs of a shift to the political left. Some CCP reformists commented that Hu Jintao was a good student and obedient when he was in school. As an ordinary citizen, he applied to join the party at Tsinghua University, but he was not approved. His father was hit during the Cultural Revolution and died of injustice. With such a background, it is impossible to be left, but he is indeed very left. His left is not from the heart, but from the pressure of his surroundings. He took over after ten years of observation at the top. He knows what the wind direction is and where the combined forces of various forces are. He knows that he is the adopted son of the Communist Party, not his own, and he is just a son-in-law, so he can only listen to the words of "family members".

Shen Haidong said: I still know something about Hu Jintao. Hu Jintao served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012. His predecessor was Jiang Zemin and his successor was Xi Jinping. But Hu Jintao's political performance has not impressed the world. During his administration, China's economic growth maintained rapid development, and he was also the executor of the reform and opening up policy of the previous two leaders. However, Hu Jintao was once criticized by the private sector because under his rule, China's state-owned enterprises received more support than private enterprises.

Lin Beixue interjected: As a positive performance of Hu Jintao's administration, he allowed Chinese people to travel to Taiwan for the first time during his second term in 2008. My friend took a trip to Taiwan at that time. Also that year, China hosted the first-ever Summer Olympics.

Shen Haidong said: However, during his administration, he was also questioned in areas where ethnic minority populations mainly live, such as Xinjiang and Tibet.

Qin Xiling said:

Democratic dissidents such as Liu Xiaobo, Peng Ming, and Wang Bingzhang have been politically persecuted by him. A person familiar with the situation said that when "Charter 08" came out, the authorities arrested Liu Xiaobo and Zhang Zuhua, who was once the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the state organ. Zhou Yongkang brought the list of arrests to the Standing Committee of the Politburo. The name says, "I know this man". Zhang Zuhua was released, while Liu Xiaobo was detained until his death.

Nan Yangsheng said: In my opinion, Hu Jintao has no breakthrough measures in terms of political reform. We have neither seen grassroots elections advancing from the countryside, nor have we seen any bold reforms in the rule of law, the military, and the government system. We can even say that today's tossing is also intrinsically related to the non-tossing back then.

Professor Shen Zhirui said: China is very interesting. Mao Zedong was tossing around, but Deng Xiaoping did not. historical fate. Since Xi Jinping took office, China has continued to write history of tossing. The first is to suppress public opinion politically. Do not talk about constitutionalism, judiciary independence, civil society and aristocracy capitalism, etc.; advocate the absolute leadership of the Communist Party. Economically restrict the development of the private economy and increase support for the state-owned economy; culturally advocate historical nihilism, revise history textbooks, downplay the disaster of the Cultural Revolution and the crimes of Mao Zedong; restrict the use of Western textbooks; Persecution of human rights lawyers and human rights defenders; launching a crackdown campaign to persecute private entrepreneurs and intellectuals; persecuting Uyghurs in Xinjiang and implementing a policy of cultural genocide of ethnic minorities; forcing the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law to destroy Hong Kong's international financial center; disregarding the wishes of the people of Taiwan, He insisted on unifying Taiwan by force against the will of the sky; diplomatically abandoned Deng Xiaoping's policy of keeping a low profile and bide his time, and wanted to move closer to the center of the world stage. As a result, Sino-US relations were at stake; military conflicts with neighboring countries intensified, and conflicts between China, India and the South China Sea intensified. In short, the era of Xi Jinping is destined to be an era of tossing.

Professor Hong Wenxuan said: Xi Jinping once appeared in Siping City, Jilin Province, and he visited the "Siping Battle Memorial Hall" of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. He said, "It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business. We must keep the great cause of socialism created by the Communist Party of China and pass it on from generation to generation." It can be seen that what Xi Jinping is thinking about is the red country of the CCP. The reason why he does not leave Hu Jintao The road of no tossing is also to keep the red country.

Professor Shen Zhirui said: As far as the road is concerned, Hu Jintao took the road of post-totalitarianism, while Xi Jinping took the road of totalitarianism. The life of totalitarian politics can only rely on tossing to pump blood, which has nothing to do with its political quality and realistic will, that is, its growth structure and ultimate purpose. That is to say, the internal physiological structure of a carnivore cannot be changed, and if its diet structure is changed, its life will be ended. From the perspective of the logic of totalitarian politics, its comprehensive expansion and endless toss not only conform to its survival rules, but also conform to its moral rationality. Radical revolution and its mode of movement are its political norm. But in today's China, Xi Jinping's path is unworkable. Not only did the Chinese people not agree, but the international community could not tolerate the existence of a red empire. US Secretary of State Pompeo called on the Chinese people to unite with the US and its allies to end the tyranny of the CCP. "We, the free nations of the globe, must be more creative and assertive in directing the Chinese Communist Party to change its behavior because Beijing's behavior threatens our people and our prosperity," he said.

Was China under Hu Jintao a scene of prosperity through singing and dancing? Are social conflicts not as serious as they are now?

At that time, could any negative news related to the government be published inside the wall? There are not as many social conflicts as there are now, including appeals for rights protection and vicious cases?

After Pooh came to power, have social conflicts and vicious cases become more serious than before? Also, during the Hu Jintao period, was there no Wolf Warrior Little Pink in China? Is there such a fanatical nationalism towards Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang and even the United States now?

Wanru did not express her own views at this gathering, but asked a series of questions and answers to teachers and friends.

The topic of chatting at Cafe Bau restaurant in Hong Kong suddenly became lively again.