The 5th plenary session of the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party ended last Tuesday (11 October 2005). The following day, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert, the Chinese military launched Shenzhou VI and sent two Chinese "taikonauts" into a low earth orbit. Beijingologists duly noted the absence of President Hu Jintao at the space launch.
For what happened and didn't happen at the plenary as well as Hu's Shenzhou no-show, one special correspondent has come up with a host of reasons: Asia Times. Much of it is speculation while some is based on 'rumours circulating in the higher reaches of power in China', but a good read nevertheless.
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