Hu Zongxian historiography. He was rehabilitated decades after his death and was given the posthumous name Xiangmao (襄懋) by the emperor in 1595. He is a direct ancestor of Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chinese paramount leader from 2002 to 2012. Hu Zongxian was born in the year 1512, in the Hu ancestral village of Longchuan (龍川) in Jixi County, part of Huizhou prefecture at the time. Today Longchuan is called Kengkou village (坑口村); Jixi is now part of Anhui province. At the age of 23, he passed the provincial imperial examination and became a "juren"
Hu Jintao the curtailing of freedom of speech drew extensive criticism from human rights organizations and Western governments, while artists and writers inside the country chided increased restrictions on cultural expressions during Hu's term. Although in the early years of his tenure Hu attempted to pioneer a form of "intraparty democracy" that called for greater participation from lower-ranked members to determine policy and select the leadership, there was little evidence of meaningful changes to the party's governing structure and decision-making process. Consensus-based decision-making became a hallmark of the Hu era. Hu was never a strongman, did not rule by fiat, and was