G**L
发帖数: 22804 | 1 http://sinostand.com/2012/04/26/did-bo-guaguas-beijing-ferrari-
Posted: April 26, 2012 in media, Politics
Tags: Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai, Ferrari, Huntsman, Jeremy Page, Wall Street
Journal
Sometime last year Bo Guagua, Bo Xilai’s son, reportedly pulled up in a red
Ferrari to meet Jon Huntsman’s daughter at the US ambassador’s residence
in Beijing. The car was a symbol of the wealth gap in China and the all-too-
common privileges afforded to China’s young political princelings. Some
have even suggested it was one of the contributing factors to Bo Xilai’s
ultimate downfall.
But did it actually happen?
On April 24th The Harvard Crimson printed a statement by Bo Guagua
addressing many of the rumors floating around about him. One of the points
said:
I have never driven a Ferrari. I have also not been to the U.S. Embassy in
Beijing since 1998 (when I obtained a previous U.S. Visa), nor have I ever
been to the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in China. Even my student Visas
were issued by the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu, which is closer to my home of
five years.
This echoes the denial his father made at a press conference last month
shortly before he was sacked.
Yesterday I contacted Jon Huntsman’s press office asking about the Ferrari
incident and was simply told, “Unfortunately the Governor is not commenting
on this story.”
I next contacted the US Embassy in Beijing. Richard Buangan, the embassy’s
press secretary, told me by phone that he couldn’t confirm anything.
It was never previously confirmed which of Huntsman’s three adult daughters
Bo Guagua supposedly met, but today New York Times reported that they had
contacted one of the girls. The article stated:
[Abby Huntsman Livingston] said her sister Mary Anne did share a ride with
the younger Mr. Bo after dinner one night but did not notice the make of the
car. Ms. Livingston added that she and a friend of Mr. Bo’s were also at
the dinner that evening. “He was a very nice person,” she wrote. “I can’
t confirm that a Ferrari was involved because I didn’t see it.” She did
back up one thing Mr. Bo said: contrary to published accounts, he did not
pick up her sister at the ambassador’s residence. “Not sure where the
story originated from to be honest, nor does my family,” she wrote.
I tried contacting all three Huntsman sisters myself via their Facebook and
Twitter pages, but there was no reply.
The Ferrari story was first exposed in an article by Jeremy Page in Wall
Street Journal last November with no names or titles of sources given,
citing only “several people familiar with [the episode].”
Anonymous sources are a fact of life with government/embassy officials who
aren’t officially authorized to comment. But I emailed Jeremy Page to see
if he could give some clarity about the sources he based his report on. I
asked how many sources there were, who they’re affiliated with and if he
approached them independently of one-another. Page sent a reply, not
answering my questions but directing me to a Dow Jones (WSJ’s parent
company) PR rep in New York. She said, “We don’t publicly discuss sources
but we’re confident what we reported is true.”
Jeremy Page is a very reputable reporter (whom I and several other
journalists have recently said deserves a Pulitzer for his Bo coverage).
There’s little reason to doubt that reliable sources did indeed give him
the Ferrari information, but who are they? Why do their accounts conflict so
greatly with those of the parties directly involved? The issue has serious
implications, not only for the Bo family, but also in how the ruling elite
and their offspring are viewed in China.
Unfortunately I have more questions to offer at this point than answers, and
until one of Page’s sources decides to speak up, it will probably stay
that way. | g*q
发帖数: 26623 | | G**L
发帖数: 22804 | 3 从来都是说在北京开呀，你听说的是在哪里？
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311190449170457657255
November 26, 2011
Children of the Revolution
China's 'princelings,' the offspring of the communist party elite, are
embracing the trappings of wealth and privilege—raising uncomfortable
questions for their elders.
By JEREMY PAGE
One evening early this year, a red Ferrari pulled up at the U.S. ambassador'
s residence in Beijing, and the son of one of China's top leaders stepped
out, dressed in a tuxedo.
Bo Guagua, 23, was expected. He had a dinner appointment with a daughter of
the then-ambassador, Jon Huntsman.
【在 g*q 的大作中提到】
: 怎么又变成刮刮在北京开发拉力了?
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