According to sources described as reliable, Hu Chunhua, the successor reportedly designated by former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Hu Jintao and widely regarded as a potential challenger to Xi Jinping, has gone missing! There are suspicions that he may have run into political trouble.
Today, the CCP held a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Long March. Hu Chunhua was unexpectedly absent.
Du Wen, a former CCP official who once served as Hu Chunhua's legal adviser and now lives in Europe, immediately activated his contacts in Beijing. After reaching out through multiple channels, he confirmed that Hu Chunhua and his family could no longer be contacted.
Meanwhile, a senior CCP official made an ambiguous remark to Du: "The other boot has finally dropped!"
More specific information will most likely not be released until sometime later on October 25.
The above information was exclusively disclosed by Du Wen.
Hu Chunhua was chosen by Hu Jintao as Xi Jinping's successor, following the CCP's tradition of designating successors one generation in advance.
At the CCP's 20th National Congress, Hu Chunhua was originally expected to join the Politburo Standing Committee. According to reports, arrangements had already been made for him to take a seat. However, Xi Jinping allegedly staged a last-minute "coup" and removed his name from the list.
Hu Jintao reportedly learned of this only at the last moment during the closing ceremony of the 20th Party Congress and attempted to open the list in front of him to verify the information.
Li Zhanshu, then a member of the Politburo Standing Committee who was sitting beside Hu Jintao, prevented him from examining the list. Xi Jinping then ordered staff members to forcibly remove Hu Jintao from the hall.
The incident was captured on camera by foreign journalists at the scene and shocked the world.
When Hu Jintao was escorted out of the hall, Hu Chunhua was sitting on the podium. He remained silent, his arms folded across his chest.
At the 20th Party Congress, Hu Chunhua not only failed to secure a seat on the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee but was also excluded from the Politburo altogether, which traditionally has 25 members. With Hu left out, the Politburo was reduced to just 24 members.
He was instead moved to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), where he became its second-ranking vice chairman.
However, since the 20th Party Congress, overseas Chinese political circles have been rife with rumors that CCP elders and military leaders are joining forces to bring down Xi Jinping and elevate Hu Chunhua to power.
Some of these rumors have been so detailed and seemingly convincing that they almost sound like inside information.
Whether or not the reports about Hu Chunhua are true, one thing is certain: the power struggle within the CCP is raging fiercely.
Will there be unexpected developments at the upcoming Fifth Plenum, scheduled to begin on October 26? Will Xi Jinping successfully secure a fourth term at next year's 21st Party Congress?
For now, all of these questions remain unanswered.
Meanwhile, rumors have persisted that Xi Jinping may relinquish one, two, or even all three of his top positions in the Party, government, and military.
Some rumors have even named specific successors. For example, one scenario suggests that current Premier Li Qiang will take over as CCP general secretary, while Xi Jinping will retain only the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission.
All of this is further evidence of just how intense the internal power struggle has become, reaching a fever pitch.
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