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标 题: 纽约时报:我们对我们的报道负责
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Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for The Times, expressed confidence in the
article. 揥e are standing by our story, which we are incredibly proud of and
which is an example of the quality investigative journalism The Times is
known for,she wrote in an e-mail.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/asia/chinese-premiers-f
HONG KONG Two lawyers who said they represented the family of Prime
Minister Wen Jiabao of China have issued a statement disputing aspects of a
New York Times article about the family抯 wealth, a rare instance of a
powerful Chinese political family responding directly to a foreign media
report.
Alexander F. Yuan/Associated Press
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
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The statement, published in The South China Morning Post on Sunday, said, 揟
he so-called 慼idden richesof Wen Jiabao抯 family members in The New York
Times抯 reportdid not exist.
After criticizing several points in the article, the statement hinted at the
possibility of future legal action. 揥e will continue to make
clarifications regarding untrue reports by The New York Times, and reserve
the right to hold it legally responsible,the statement said.
The statement reported in The Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, has not been
obtained directly by The Times.
The statement was not a sweeping denial of the article. The statement
acknowledged that some family members were active in business and that they
揳re responsible for all their own business activities.br />
While the statement disputed that Mr. Wen抯 mother had held assets, it did
not address the calculation in the article that the family had controlled
assets worth at least $2.7 billion.
Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for The Times, expressed confidence in the
article. 揥e are standing by our story, which we are incredibly proud of and
which is an example of the quality investigative journalism The Times is
known for,she wrote in an e-mail.
The lawyersstatement represents an unusual move for the family of a senior
Chinese leader. When Bloomberg News published an article in late June
describing real estate and other assets held by the family of Vice President
Xi Jinping, his family did not respond publicly.
The statement published in The Post was attributed to Bai Tao, a partner in
the Beijing office of the Jun He Law Firm, and Wang Weidong, the managing
partner of the Beijing office of the Grandall Law Firm.
No one answered phone calls to both lawyersoffices on Sunday, nor did Mr.
Wang respond immediately to an e-mail.
The statement denied an anecdote in The Times article that described how one
investment in the name of Mr. Wen抯 mother, Yang Zhiyun, was worth $120
million five years ago. 揟he mother of Wen Jiabao, except receiving salary/
pension according to the regulation, has never had any income or property,
the statement said.
Corporate registration records reviewed by The Times showed that in 2007 the
prime minister抯 90-year-old mother held about $120 million worth of shares
in Ping An, an insurance company, through investment vehicles. A signature
bearing her name and her government-issued identity card were included in
the registration record, which was obtained from government regulatory
filings.
The family抯 statement also said that some members had not engaged in
business while others 搘ere engaged in business activities, but they did not
carry out any illegal business activity. They do not hold shares of any
companies.br />
The statement also said that Mr. Wen had not been involved in those
activities. 揥en Jiabao has never played any role in the business activities
of his family members, still less has he allowed his family members
business activities to have any influence on his formulation and execution
of policies.br />
The Times article did not allege any illegal business activity, and it said
that Mr. Wen did not appear to have accumulated assets. The article also
said that there was no evidence that Mr. Wen personally intervened to help
family membersinvestments. The article pointed out that as prime minister
in a country where the state plays a large role in the economy, Mr. Wen
oversaw many government officials whose decisions could play a large role in
the fortunes of businesses and investors.
Hong Lei, the spokesman for China抯 foreign ministry, criticized the article
on Friday during a briefing, saying that it 搒mears China and has ulterior
motives.br />
The Times posted the article in English on Friday, and in Chinese three
hours later, after final edits in English were translated. The Chinese
government quickly blocked access from mainland Chinese computers to the
Chinese-language and English-language Web sites of The Times before the
article was posted in Chinese. But many people in China appear to have used
virtual private networks to view the article anyway.
The report on the finances of Mr. Wen抯 family has also received heavy
coverage in the Hong Kong news media, which has extensive reach inside
mainland China. |
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