Interesting new take on what happened with Hu Jintao… Spanish outlet filmed earlier moments where he tried to look inside a folder with a list of central committee candidates but was stopped, and then removed

???? https://t.co/4jjBq4FWFs

— Helen Davidson (@heldavidson) October 24, 2022

https://t.co/xpSJqhVWch

— The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动官方推号 (@TGTM_Official) October 22, 2022

https://t.co/WLV4r9UpIq pic.twitter.com/jqvb9xsmvi

— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) October 22, 2022

#China: Former President & General Secretary of China, Hu #Jintao, Xi #Jinping's predecessor, has been physically removed from Communist Party Congress and has since disappeared. pic.twitter.com/yWHASApF9n

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) October 22, 2022

In video we captured, we can see Kong returning back and chatting with Xi at 11:53, about half an hour after Hu was escorted off the stage at 11:19.

It appears that Kong comes and is asking something of Xi. Xi says something, Kong nods twice, then walks off. pic.twitter.com/5h8zjNrzMM

— Dake Kang (@dakekang) October 22, 2022

I'm not qualified to comment further, I'll just say the head of the Bureau of Personnel must be v. important. If I'm not mistaken, Kong was also part of the CCDI (纪委书记) and the vice head of the General Office's small group on poverty alleviation, both v. important under Xi

— Dake Kang (@dakekang) October 22, 2022