I am not interested in Chinese political rumors or news because I always suspect that it isn’t true, until I find the news about Boxilai on BBC website, I start to believe it is really happening in China. In “Bo Xilai scandal: Key players”, the writer introduces seven persons who have close relationship with Bo Xilai’s career and family. Bo Xilai, who was the highest communist leader in ChongQin of China, was expelled from his position. His higher leader Zhouyongkang, who is a member of standing committee, was an assistant of the former president Jiangzeming and supported him at his back. The present premier of China Wenjiabao, who criticized Bo Xilai indirectly in a meeting, was thought to be a planner for his downfall. The other three persons are about his family, his wife, his son and a close friend of his family who was British national Heywood. Heywood’s death shocked Bo Xilai and his subordinate Wanglijun. Bo Xilai wanted to kill Wanglijun who knew about the whole thing. Wanglijun guessed he would be murdered so he collected evidences of the murder for exposing the truth. These people constitute Bo Xilai’s most social life, each of whom are powerful, or rich, or promising.
Maybe it is a little difficult to get evidence to prove what happened among them, but I guess there was an interesting story about power, sex and money just like the themes of many Hollywood movies. Bo Xilai, who’s farther founded the new China with Maozedong, was a new star with his own political proposition in Chinese political arena. He wanted to arrive to the top of political power in the followed years. His high-profile actions and ambition makes the present leaders uneasy, even the former president Jiangzeming who still powerful likes him and fears him. His political career is promising and tough, which make him have to prepare for the two possibility success and failure.
If he becomes the top leader of China, there would be nothing to worry about; but if he doesn’t, he would need to make up leeway, that is to say, he would need a lot of money to immigrate into other countries. Fortunately, he managed DaLian which is an abundant city and was the commerce minister which is a fertilizing position. He could get money in his power. Actually, he did. In order to transfer this money abroad he needed a foreigner to help him, so Mr Heywood appeared. He recommend Bo Xilai’s son go to study in a famous and expensive private school in British which was his alma mater Harrow. He helped Bo Xilai to get investment from foreigners and took brokerage. At their last deal, Heywood blackmailed them 200 million pounds of brokerage for helping them leave China desperately when Bo Xilai predicted his doom was impending, but they didn’t agree with each other. Heywood took some evidence for their business during more than 10 years. When he couldn’t be a friend of the family any more, what would the couple do to a person who knew so many their secrets? Let him shut up forever. The death of Heywood proved the couple did something to make them safe.
Except for Heywood, there were another ten persons who were murdered by the couple according to Bo Xilai’s wife confessed her guilt. Bo Xilai could make sure the family of the Chinese deceased couldn’t find a way to accuse him so he and his subordinates were not so nervous until Heywood was poised. Bo Xilai tried to kill his right-hand WangliJUN who studied Heywood’ death and deal with the body. The later wasn’t so silly to wait for death, he prepared many evidence for exposing Bo Xilai’s guilt. When he flee to American consulate for help he publish his collection, so Bo Xilai’s scandal about his career, his property ,his affairs and his family have being a top lines on newspaper or websites for several months. It is a simple story but the expectant parts are how to punish the murderers and how to deal with their huge property. As for his son, is he guilty? I don’t know. Maybe it is time to warn people don’t spend freely money justly and peacefully. No pains, no gains.
References
Bo Xilai scandal: Key players.(2012, April 25).BBC News. Retrieved April 26, 2012 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17752064
