Please Enjoy These Photos Of A Former Chinese President During Xi Jinping's Three-Hour Speech
Get the Full StorySame.Yesterday was the beginning of China's week-long Communist Party Congress, which is held every five years.
The summit is held in Beijing. It's where the party members decide on the country's leadership and direction for the next five years.
Lintao Zhang Getty Images
At 9 o'clock, Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping took to the podium to give his policy speech.
It lasted three hours and 23 minutes.
Damir Sagolj Reuters
Seated next to Xi was 91-year-old former president Jiang Zemin. It was actually rumored that he had died in May this year.
Jason Lee Reuters
It turns out he is still very much alive, apparently. In fact, here he is, reading a printout of Xi's speech...
Lintao Zhang Getty Images
Here he is blowing his nose...
Here he is checking the time...
Jason Lee Reuters
Here he is checking the time...
Jason Lee Reuters
Here he is just getting kind of sleepy...
Lintao Zhang Getty Images
Lintao Zhang Getty Images
Here he is being offered a cup of tea because he looks so sleepy...
Jason Lee Reuters
Afp Contributor AFP Getty Images
Big yawn!
Aly Song Reuters
And here he is nodding off...
Jason Lee Reuters
And here's another former Chinese president, Hu Jintao, showing Xi his watch after Xi sat back down. Jiang is asleep next to them, fyi.
The end!
Aly Song Reuters
This post was translated from Japanese.
Share: