Chinese hostesses jump before the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party's five-yearly congress. Photo: AFP

Chinese President Hu Jintao (bottom left) delivers his speech as a delegate takes a photograph during the opening ceremony. Photo: EPA/Diego Azubel

The national flag-raising ceremony is held at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2012. Photo: Xinhua

Former Chinese President and Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin dozes while seated next to the empty seat of Hu Jintao. Photo: AP

Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin (C) makes his way out after the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People. Photo: AFP/Goh Chai Hin

Hu Jintao delivers his address at the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress in Beijing on November 8, 2012. Photo: AFP