Bo Xilai Scandal..

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:05:07 GMT

justlatte — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:05:07 GMT

now they say he wiretapped Hu Jintao's phone calls. play your big boss backside is either a genius or very dumb. thin line.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9229253/Bo-Xilai-tapped-Hu-Jintaos-phone-calls.html

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:30:10 GMT

verykiasu2010 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:30:10 GMT

日期:

26/04/2012
新闻来源:
联合晚报

王立军指谷开来承认毒杀英商

（北京讯）美国外交官员透露，据私闯美国驻成都领事馆的王立军的陈述，根据他翻阅酒店闭路电视画面，发现最后离开海伍德房间的是薄熙来妻子谷开来，她不但承认“是我做的”，还亲口承认将毒药放入汤里，并称看到海伍德死去、清理之后才离开现场。

王立军在去年11月凶案发生后，到南山丽景度假酒店调查。王称，调查期间发现谷与海伍德有染，但谷认为他不够忠心，并开始调查薄家将资产移到海外之事，于是命警卫张晓军买毒药，并藉过她的生日为名，约海伍德到重庆。

她将毒药放入汤里，海伍德喝下立即毙命。她看到海伍德死亡后，收拾汤锅、物品后才离开。

调查海伍德命案期间，王立军为保留证据，特别要求法医割下海伍德一小片皮肉，以留着作为他被毒死的直接证据，他亦发现自己可能被杀，搜集证据的同时，最后选择到美领馆求助

http://news.omy.sg/News/World%2BNews/Story/OMYStory201204261530-330458.html

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:42:55 GMT

pinky — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:42:55 GMT

some also harp on mental problem, especially if they commit big crime

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:18:40 GMT

toddles — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:18:40 GMT

so chinese serial right? get into trouble then always harp on some fatal disease…

taiwan political scene also like that… some local beancurd wars also like that…

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:42:59 GMT

pinky — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:42:59 GMT

Bo’s wife now said to be dying of bone cancer which explained her erratic behaviour

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:06:48 GMT

LOLMum — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:06:48 GMT

what a heartless man.

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AsiaOne
Thursday, Apr 19, 2012

According to Chinese news sources, Bo Xilai once ordered the arrest of his own son in order to keep his first wife Li Danyu silent about his affair with Gu Kai Lai, then the sister of Li's sister-in-law.

Beijingshots.com reported that Bo told his police chief Wang Lijun to arrest his son Li Wanghe for economic crimes to blackmail Li Danyu to remain silent ahead of the 18th National Congress, where he wanted to secure a top position in China's leadership transition.

He allegedly married Li Danyu in 1976 for a political purpose; he wanted to use her status as the daughter of the Beijing party secretary Li Xuefeng to climb the political ladder.

Bo also wanted to use their marriage to get rid of the stain on his past life as one of those who suffered during the Cultural Revolution.

His family was among those disgraced during the Revolution as his father, one of the founding member of China Bo Yibo, was denounced by Mao Zedong in his attempts to destroy his rivals.

Later, Bo Xilai was jailed five years for stealing and returned to school to finish his studies after he was released.

By then, his father was rehabilitated and Bo Xilai no longer needed the influence of his wife's family.

He started having an affair with Gu Kailai, the sister of his wife's sister-in-law while he was studying at Peking University.

According to Beijingshots.com, Gu is the daughter of General Gu Jingsheng, the former party second secretary of Xinjiang and political commissar of the Urumqi Military Region.

Bo Xilai then found an excuse to transfer himself to serve in Jinxian, near Dalian, Liaoning, after finishing his studies so that he could get away from Li Danyu.

Rumours then spread of their extramarital affair and Li Danyu appealed to Beijing authorities, including the People's Supreme Court and the China Women's Federation.

She refused to grant Bo Xilai a divorce until his father Bo Yibo used his power to finalise the divorce four years later.

After their divorce, she changed their son's surname to Li. He is currently serving as a lawyer in China after studying law at Columbia University in the United State.

paullim@sph.com.sg

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:44:27 GMT

toddles — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:44:27 GMT

Modern day 三国演义。。。

http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=236

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:58:38 GMT

toddles — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:58:38 GMT

hquek:
The interesting bit is that Gu is his first wife's sister-in-law's sister. Anyway, the whole thing is a big melodrama...can be 100 episodes type.

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120419-340745.html

Whoa... side track a bit. Men really age a lot better than women... cf the photos there.

And what's with all the funky names? His father is Bo YiBo as in 博一博？(gamble?)

And what kind of father gets his son arrested to blackmail the ex-wife? I'd be so scarred if I were his first son. 见钱不见情。。。

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:38:50 GMT

pinky — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:38:50 GMT

hokkiengirl:
toddles:

I didn't even know this Red Princess Gu was his second wife. the english broadsheets didn't report that. who was his first wife? another red princess, or some commoner he married for love??

Think the other CCP mbrs must be perspiring... I'm sure he's neither the first nor last to be involved in shady business deals. Just that the alleged murder by his wife might have been one notch too far. So gd opp for those coming into power to weed out some opposition.
Oh, the English papers did report that it is Bo's second marriage. The report said that his first wife was also a from a pedigreed 'Red' family, but lost out cos she was not as pretty and vivacious as Gu. Well, First Wife got a lucky break, if you ask me.

1st wife and son received many kickbacks from Bo for their business dealings and they made quite a bundle so everyone's happy.

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:38:12 GMT

hquek — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:38:12 GMT

The interesting bit is that Gu is his first wife's sister-in-law's sister. Anyway, the whole thing is a big melodrama...can be 100 episodes type.

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120419-340745.html

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:03:11 GMT

hokkiengirl — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:03:11 GMT

toddles:

I didn't even know this Red Princess Gu was his second wife. the english broadsheets didn't report that. who was his first wife? another red princess, or some commoner he married for love??

Think the other CCP mbrs must be perspiring... I'm sure he's neither the first nor last to be involved in shady business deals. Just that the alleged murder by his wife might have been one notch too far. So gd opp for those coming into power to weed out some opposition.

Oh, the English papers did report that it is Bo's second marriage. The report said that his first wife was also a from a pedigreed 'Red' family, but lost out cos she was not as pretty and vivacious as Gu. Well, First Wife got a lucky break, if you ask me.

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:58:12 GMT

auntieM — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:58:12 GMT

No matter how they try to contain speculations… …

The matter seems ‘bigger’ with each passing day, so many are supposedly involved, couple dozens arrested in connection…
Guagua is still in Harvard according to reports… …wonder if he will/kena back to China…

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:17:37 GMT

toddles — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:17:37 GMT

pinky:
Bo and his harem of mistresses which are models, newscasters, students etc. He would then pass some of them to other high ranking officials.

not surprising... so much for communism... more like the emperors of old...

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:02:07 GMT

pinky — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:02:07 GMT

Bo and his harem of mistresses which are models, newscasters, students etc. He would then pass some of them to other high ranking officials.

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:35:18 GMT

toddles — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:35:18 GMT

pinky:
toddles:
[quote=\"LOLMum\"]I can't recall was it the local or hi papers saying that after he divorced his first wife, he sent the first wife and their son to prison . They were accused of some misdeeds.

His first marriage, first wife and thesis son are :censored: :censored: :censored: .
I didn't even know this Red Princess Gu was his second wife. the english broadsheets didn't report that. who was his first wife? another red princess, or some commoner he married for love??

Think the other CCP mbrs must be perspiring... I'm sure he's neither the first nor last to be involved in shady business deals. Just that the alleged murder by his wife might have been one notch too far. So gd opp for those coming into power to weed out some opposition.

the guy was reported to have relationships with hundreds of girls[/quote]heywood or bo?

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:08:05 GMT

pinky — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:08:05 GMT

toddles:
LOLMum:
I can't recall was it the local or hi papers saying that after he divorced his first wife, he sent the first wife and their son to prison . They were accused of some misdeeds.

His first marriage, first wife and thesis son are :censored: :censored: :censored: .
I didn't even know this Red Princess Gu was his second wife. the english broadsheets didn't report that. who was his first wife? another red princess, or some commoner he married for love??

Think the other CCP mbrs must be perspiring... I'm sure he's neither the first nor last to be involved in shady business deals. Just that the alleged murder by his wife might have been one notch too far. So gd opp for those coming into power to weed out some opposition.

the guy was reported to have relationships with hundreds of girls

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:01:47 GMT

toddles — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:01:47 GMT

LOLMum:
I can't recall was it the local or hi papers saying that after he divorced his first wife, he sent the first wife and their son to prison . They were accused of some misdeeds.

His first marriage, first wife and thesis son are :censored: :censored: :censored: .

I didn't even know this Red Princess Gu was his second wife. the english broadsheets didn't report that. who was his first wife? another red princess, or some commoner he married for love??

Think the other CCP mbrs must be perspiring... I'm sure he's neither the first nor last to be involved in shady business deals. Just that the alleged murder by his wife might have been one notch too far. So gd opp for those coming into power to weed out some opposition.

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:38:06 GMT

pinky — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:38:06 GMT

the twists and turns are enough to make a movie already :yikes:

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:38:37 GMT

LOLMum — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:38:37 GMT

Hmm… Money talks

US colleges angle for influential foreign students like Bo Guagua

Reuters
Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012
DENVER, US - His academic record was spotty, but as he applied for graduate studies in the United States, Bo Guagua would have looked like quite a catch to many universities, according to researchers who study college admissions.

The young man had deep connections to China’s elite; his father was an up-and-coming politician poised to enter the Communist Party leadership and his mother came from a renowned military family.

On top of all that, young Bo appeared to have access to considerable wealth - and was not shy about spending it.

"Colleges are always happy to see those students enroll,"said David Hawkins, director of public policy for the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

International students in general are hot commodities now at many schools - and one of apparent means and influence? "That’s a twofer," Hawkins said, meaning Bo brought two assets to the table in his application.

Foreign students with clout can generate positive press for a university in their native land, inspire other well-connected students to apply and eventually become generous donors, Hawkins said. "They can create a pipeline" for the university. Those opportunities are really too good to pass up."

Despite a checkered undergraduate career at Britain’s Oxford University, where he was suspended for a year for poor academic performance, Bo, now 24, was admitted to a master’s program at Harvard University’s prestigious John F. Kennedy School of Government.

He was due to graduate next month, though his future is unclear now that his father has been stripped of power in a corruption scandal in China and his mother has been arrested on charges of murdering a British friend of the family.

Harvard officials would not comment on Bo’s application to the Kennedy School. In general, though, applicants are given a"holistic review" that considers not just their academic record but their leadership potential and how they would contribute "to a richly diverse learning environment," said Harvard spokesman Doug Gavel.

About 40 per cent of students at the Kennedy School are foreign, Gavel said, and financial aid is available. Bo’s father, Bo Xilai, has said his son was on a scholarship.

While the details of Bo’s interaction with Harvard are not known, admissions officers at other universities said well-connected foreign families routinely try to use their clout to secure slots for their children.

Douglas Christiansen, the dean of admissions at Vanderbilt University, said he frequently receives letters from overseas letting him know - none too subtly - that this applicant’s father is a high-ranking government minister or that applicant’s mother comes from a prominent family.

"Oh heavens, yes," Christiansen said. "You get letters, you get calls. All the time."

POWER, PRESTIGE AND LIKELY DONORS

Many of his correspondents frankly admit that they don’t know the student applying for admission - but recommend him nonetheless, on the basis of his family name. "It’s actually quite amusing," Christiansen said.

At Vanderbilt, a highly regarded university in Nashville, Tennessee, applicants do not get special consideration because their parents are famous, Christiansen said. However, if their powerful relatives are considered likely donors, the students can sometimes get a leg up in admissions, he said.

Some universities also consider the prestige a highly-placed foreign student could bring to their campus, said Jerome Lucido, director of the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice at the University of Southern California. "It would be naive to say that a student’s standing abroad is not a resource or an asset to the institution," he said. "It can be a consideration in admissions."

In a survey last year of 462 top admissions officials at nonprofit colleges and universities across the United States, one in four said they had experienced pressure from senior administrators, trustees or university fundraisers to admit certain students.

In some pockets of the education world, the pressure was even greater. Top admissions officers at 45 per cent of private, PhD-granting universities said they had been pressured to admit certain students by the fundraising office, according to the survey, conducted by a trade publication, Inside Higher Ed.

The survey also found a growing eagerness to admit foreign students who can pay the full cost of tuition, room and board.

Universities sometimes refrain from boasting about foreign celebrity students while they’re on campus, for security reasons. Xi Mingze, the daughter of China’s vice president, is said to be studying at Harvard under an assumed name. Other Chinese leaders who have sent their children to Harvard in recent years include former foreign minister Li Zhaoxing and Chen Yuan, chairman of the China Development Bank.

International enrollment in US universities has soared in recent years, to nearly 725,000, according to the Institute of International Education. Nearly 300,000 are graduate students. China sends the most students to the US, but India isn’t far behind, and interest has surged in Saudi Arabia as well.

At the University of Washington in Seattle, foreign students make up 18 per cent of this year’s freshman class. Admissions director Philip Ballinger says he does not take a family’s clout overseas into account when screening applications. "We’re kind of purists here," he said.

Yet with the state cutting subsidies and the university’s budget under strain, Ballinger said that level of purity may not be sustainable. At some point, he said, he may have to think about screening foreign applicants for their capacity to help boost revenue and prestige.

"There’s more pressure for public universities to start talking about that," he said. "No doubt about it."

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:04:45 GMT

LOLMum — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:04:45 GMT

I can't recall was it the local or hi papers saying that after he divorced his first wife, he sent the first wife and their son to prison . They were accused of some misdeeds.

His first marriage, first wife and thesis son are :censored: :censored: :censored: .

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:39:42 GMT

toddles — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:39:42 GMT

latest twist. yesterday's news report said that Gu and Bo have not been living as husband and wife for years, and Gu was had a very close personal relationship with Heywood. And took his betrayal hard.

:skeptical: :skeptical: :skeptical:

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:12:50 GMT

auntieM — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:12:50 GMT

Good one vk2010... ... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Jackie Chan rumoured to kena Kopi liao..maybe more will follow..

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:33:12 GMT

fightingmom — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:33:12 GMT

verykiasu2010:

in good time 蜜瓜

in bad time 苦瓜

having done well 顶瓜瓜

in deep sh!t 烂瓜

very versatile name, the frog calling out very cold, in hokkien ..... gua gua gua 瓜瓜瓜瓜

in suffering 瓜瓜叫

I really like your sense of humor :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Reply to Bo Xilai Scandal.. on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:26:43 GMT

twinklejoy — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:26:43 GMT

verykiasu2010:
twinklejoy:

wonder what Bo Xilai and Gu Kai lai were thinking when they named their only son 瓜瓜 :faint:

in good time 蜜瓜

in bad time 苦瓜

having done well 顶瓜瓜

in deep sh!t 烂瓜

very versatile name, the frog calling out very cold, in hokkien ..... gua gua gua 瓜瓜瓜瓜

in suffering 瓜瓜叫

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: