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Direct translation Updated 20 November 2024

News (1) to (2) / Reporter : Chen Yufu / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4869134 / Image : Bo Guagua (left) and his father Bo Xilai (right). (Reuters photo)

News (1)

Bo Guagua and Xu Huiyu have married abroad, and they can get their ROC identity cards in 6 years at the earliest

Bo Guagua, the son of former Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Secretary Bo Xilai, is coming to Taiwan and will hold a wedding banquet in Hsinchu this Saturday (23rd). According to reports, Bo Guagua has foreign nationality and has married Xu Huiyu, the granddaughter of Xu Wenzheng, the founder of Luodong Pok Oi Hospital in Yilan. Last year, he submitted a document to the Chinese Embassy in Vancouver and applied to come to Taiwan for "reunion". He will be in Taiwan's household registration bureau to register their marriage; according to current laws, Chinese spouses can obtain identity cards in as soon as six years but Bo Guagua has no plans to live in Taiwan.

Bo Guagua, 37, comes from a distinguished family. His grandfather Bo Yibo was the founding father of the Communist Party of China. He served as Vice Premier of the State Council and Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was one of the "eight elders" of the Communist Party of China during the Deng Xiaoping period. His maternal grandfather was Gu Jingsheng, the founding major general of the Communist Party of China.

Bo Guagua's father, Bo Xilai, was once a dazzling rising star of the Chinese Communist Party's "princeling" and was seen as a competitor to Xi Jinping, the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. However, in 2013, Bo Xilai was charged with bribery, corruption and other crimes and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Chinese Communist Party and is still detained in Qincheng Prison in Beijing. Bo Guagua, the "third generation red generation", was studying at Harvard University in the United States at the time and was imprisoned because his parents lost power. Never returned to China.

Officials familiar with the matter revealed that Bo Guagua has foreign nationality and the government will not interfere if a foreigner marries a Chinese. Bo Guagua has already married Xu Wenzheng's granddaughter abroad. As early as last year, she applied to the Chinese Embassy in Vancouver to come to Taiwan for a reunion. However, there was a delay in coming to Taiwan. This time she will hold a wedding banquet and apply for marriage registration.

News (2)

If Bo Xilai comes to Taiwan, he may be refused entry

Officials pointed out that although Bo Guagua has a special status and has "red blood", he has never made authoritarian remarks in the past. He has been working in Canada in a low-key manner in the past few years and has not sought international aid. The government will not stop him from coming because his father is Bo Xilai.

If Bo Xilai were to come in person, he might be refused entry because Bo Xilai had cooperated with Jiang Zemin in the persecution of Falun Gong in the past.

According to analysis, Bo Xilai is the target of sanctions by the Chinese Communist authorities. Bo Guagua marries a local KMT family, and there may not be much blessing from the other side. Even former President Ma Ying-jeou denied through the Ma’s Office that he would attend the wedding banquet. China’s Taiwan It has been kept silent so far, which shows how sensitive this matter is.

Officials mentioned that Bo Guagua came to Taiwan with his Taiwanese spouse to reunite, and there had been no "disapproved" cases of such applications in the past. In addition, according to Chinese law, a Chinese partner can obtain a Republic of China ID card within six years at the earliest, and the same is true for Bo Guagua. However, it is understood that Bo Guagua has no plans to live in Taiwan to obtain an ID card.

He emphasized that Bo Guagua needs to pay attention to safety during his visit to Taiwan. The CCP may send personnel to attack him, and the local police will provide relevant security assistance. If Bo Guagua wants to come to Taiwan to live, the government will not stop him because "even if the father is guilty, it has nothing to do with the son." Taiwan is a country with democracy and the rule of law. Unlike the Chinese Communist Party’s laws that have “family members sitting together”, you can rest assured when living in Taiwan.

News (3)

Is Xi Jinping going to vomit blood? Bo Guagua is avenging the confiscation of his family and the extermination of his clan!

- Bo Guagua becomes Taiwan's son-in-law, embarrassing for both the KMT and the CPC

Editor : Fang Xun / Sources : RFI, Epoch Times / https://www.aboluowang.com/2024/1117/2130990.html

Bo Guagua, son of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, will marry the granddaughter of Xu Wenzheng, founder of Luodong Boai Hospital.

Professor Fan Shiping of the Department of East Asian Studies at National Taiwan Normal University said that the "Xu-Bo marriage" was originally a major event between China and Taiwan, but because Bo Xilai was defeated by Hu Jintao in March 2012 and sentenced to life imprisonment in September of the following year after Xi Jinping came to power, China handled the "Xu-Bo marriage" in a low-key manner because it did not dare to offend Xi Jinping, and the Kuomintang did the same.

The Liberty Times quoted Fan Shiping's Facebook post today, saying that the media reported that Xu Huiyu, the granddaughter of Xu Wenzheng, the founder of Luodong "Boai Hospital" in Yilan, would marry Bo Guagua.

Xu Wenzheng served as the chairman of the Yilan County Council in 1972. He was a local celebrity and leader who spanned the political and medical fields. Xu Wen-cheng is also a senior member of the Kuomintang. He served as an alternate member of the Central Committee and deputy chairman of the Yilan County Party Committee. In 1981, he was nominated by Chiang Ching-kuo to serve as a member of the Supervisory Committee. In 1989, when Lee Teng-hui was president, he was hired as an advisor to the Executive Yuan and a national policy advisor to the Presidential Office in 1999. In 2009, he was nominated by Ma Ying-jeou to serve as an advisor to the Presidential Office.

Fan Shiping pointed out that the "Xu-Bo marriage" was originally a major event in cross-strait relations because it highlighted the "family ties on both sides of the strait" and "blood is thicker than water"; it was also a major event in the "KMT-CPC relationship" because Bo Guagua's grandfather was Bo Yibo, a founding father of the Communist Party of China, his father was Bo Xilai, secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, and his mother was Gu Kailai, a well-known lawyer in China.

The "Xu-Bo marriage" can be said to be a perfect match. However, the official Chinese Communist Party, media and the Internet are particularly low-key about the "Xu-Bo marriage". Because Bo Xilai is Xi Jinping's political enemy, the two are of similar age, both "second-generation reds", and Xi's father is also a founding father Xi Zhongxun.

Fan Shiping explained that Xi Jinping was appointed as the Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee in March 2007, becoming the top leader of the five municipalities directly under the Central Government. In October, he was promoted to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau at the 17th CPC National Congress, and became the Vice President of the State in March 2008. Bo Xilai was also appointed as the Secretary of Chongqing Municipal Party Committee in November 2007. The two were evenly matched, so the competition was fierce.

Bo Xilai was supported by Jiang Zemin, while Xi Jinping was supported by Hu Jintao. In the end, Bo was defeated by Hu in March 2012, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 2013 after Xi came to power; Gu Kailai was also sentenced to death in 2012, and was commuted to life imprisonment in 2015. Both were deprived of political rights for life. According to Fan Shiping, Bo Xilai is Xi Jinping's mortal enemy, either me or you.

According to the article, China handled the "Xu-Bo marriage" in a low-key manner because it did not dare to offend Xi Jinping.

The same is true for the Kuomintang. Whoever attends the "Hsu-Bo marriage" ceremony will not have to go to China in the future. No wonder Ma Ying-jeou denied that he would attend, so I am very curious about who from the Blue Camp will go.

"I think Bo Guagua will marry Hsu Hui-yu. There is no need to elaborate on the emotional part. Politically, it is to "disgust" Xi Jinping to avenge the confiscation of his family and the extermination of his clan."

Fan Shiping said frankly that because China could have celebrated and promoted the model of united front work against Taiwan, it now has to be silenced and ignored.

Moreover, the Democratic Progressive Party is currently in power. The Bo family has the flavor of surrendering to Taiwan. Taiwan has unexpectedly become a base for "anti-Xi Jinping", and the Bo family's incense can continue in Taiwan.

According to the article, if one day Bo Guagua gets a Republic of China ID card, Xi Jinping will vomit blood.

Another meaning of Bo marrying Hsu Hui-yu is that he is Chinese after all. No matter how comfortable life is in a foreign country, it is still not as good as living in the Chinese society. He can't go back to China now unless Xi dies, so he might as well live in Taiwan to relieve his homesickness.

Epoch Times/Bo Xilai's son Bo Guagua becomes a mainland spouse, Taiwan may become a safe haven for mainland corrupt officials

Image : Bo Guagua lives in a townhouse in Toronto's Yorkville community. (Zhou Yuedi/Epoch Times)

Bo Xilai, a former member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee who actively persecuted Falun Gong and committed the crime of live organ harvesting, is in prison. His son Bo Guagua arrived in Taiwan in a low-key manner on November 13 to marry the granddaughter of Xu Wenzheng, the founder of Luodong Boai Hospital, which alarmed the top national security officials in Taiwan and attracted attention from all walks of life. Analysts believe that allowing the children of corrupt officials to enter the country will damage Taiwan's image and may make free Taiwan a safe haven for corrupt officials of the Communist Party of China to get away with it and enjoy the benefits of corruption.

According to the response of the Mainland Affairs Council, Bo Guagua is a mainland Chinese who applied to come to Taiwan for reunion in accordance with the regulations of the Taiwan government. Because of the special status of the applicant, the government has a grasp of the overall situation. According to the MAC's response, Bo Guagua is already a son-in-law of Taiwan and a spouse of mainland China. In the future, he can apply for long-term residence after staying in Taiwan for more than 183 days a year for 4 years. He can get a Taiwan ID card after staying in Taiwan for 2 consecutive years, and he has the right to participate in politics after 10 years of naturalization.

According to comprehensive media reports, Bo Xilai's son Bo Guagua met Xu Wenzheng's granddaughter while studying abroad. The two began to fall in love and decided to join hands to enter the next stage of life. It is understood that Bo Guagua took EVA Air from Vancouver, Canada to Taiwan at around 0:00 am on the 12th with a British passport and arrived in Taiwan in the early morning of the 13th.

Bo Guagua's wife is the third-generation daughter of the Xu family, a local prominent family in Luodong Town, Yilan County, Luodong Boai Hospital, and Luoxu Foundation. The late Xu Wenzheng was once the speaker of Yilan County Council, and later served as a member of the Supervisory Committee, a national policy advisor to the Presidential Office, and a presidential advisor.

Earlier, media reported that as Bo Xilai's only son, Bo Guagua lived an extremely extravagant and decadent life overseas, acted in a high-profile manner, behaved improperly, and spent his life in debauchery. It was reported that Bo Guagua's expensive tuition fees abroad in his early years came from Xu Ming, Bo Xilai's "Minister of Finance" and a wealthy businessman in Dalian. It was only after his parents got into trouble that he turned low-key.

Regarding Bo Guagua becoming a Taiwanese son-in-law, the Mainland Affairs Council responded to media questions in writing, saying that Bo Guagua was a mainland Chinese who applied to reunite in Taiwan in accordance with Taiwan regulations. Due to the special status of the applicant, the government has a grasp of the overall situation. Since the person concerned and his family members hope to keep a low profile, the current subjective organs of Taiwan respect the privacy of the person concerned and are not convenient to explain to the public.

Luo Wenjia, Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation, responded at a regular press conference on the 15th that he had not yet received Bo Guagua's relevant application, but Taiwan is a free and democratic country, whether it is a third country or China, it will be treated fairly in accordance with Taiwan's laws and will not receive special treatment.

Bo Guagua was sent to study in the UK by his parents when he was 11 years old, and graduated from famous European and American universities such as Oxford University, Harvard University and Columbia University. The daughter of the Xu family also studied and worked abroad. She is close in age to Bo Guagua, who was born in 1987. The two knew each other many years ago.

Both parties are very low-key about the marriage. The Xu family does not plan to host a banquet in Yilan. However, due to Bo Guagua's identity as a "third-generation red", the marriage has attracted attention from the outside world.

After the "Wang Lijun incident" in 2012, Bo Xilai fell from power, and then Bo Xilai and his wife Gu Kailai were arrested and imprisoned. Dali Yang, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, said that in fact, Bo Guagua returned to China to visit his parents when they were in trouble, and was able to go abroad afterwards, "which was obviously approved by the leadership of the Communist Party of China." At that time, Bo Guagua was a student at the Kennedy School of Harvard University, and was less than a month away from obtaining a master's degree in public policy.

According to previous reports by The Epoch Times, Jiang Zemin began persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999. In order to win credit from Jiang Zemin and become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Bo Xilai and his wife actively suppressed Falun Gong, detained a large number of Falun Gong practitioners in Liaoning, and were the first to harvest organs from living Falun Gong practitioners and sell corpse specimens. British businessman Neil Heywood was also involved in the persecution and was silenced by Bo Gu Kailai.

On 22 September 2013, Bo Xilai was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes, embezzlement, and abuse of power. On October 25 of the same year, the second instance ruled to uphold the first instance verdict. Currently, Bo Gu Kailai has been sentenced to death with a reprieve for murdering British businessman Neil Heywood.

Tang Hao: Allowing children of corrupt officials to enter Taiwan will make it a safe haven for corrupt officials in the CCP

Current affairs commentator Tang Hao told The Epoch Times that Taiwan has always been known for its mature democratic system and its defense of human rights and freedom. Taiwan has also refused entry to CCP officials who have severely persecuted human rights in China. For example, former CCP Religious Affairs Bureau Director Ye Xiaowen and former "610 Office" officials were both refused entry by the Taiwanese government because of their harsh persecution of Falun Gong. This is recognized by the international community.

Tang Hao said that for those high-ranking CCP officials who have severely persecuted human rights and are seriously corrupt, whether their children and immediate family members can be allowed to enter, or even obtain long-term residence, political asylum, or even citizenship, this should be carefully considered, and corresponding legal amendments should be made.

Tang Hao said that, firstly, too many corrupt officials of the CCP have already arranged their children, immediate relatives or lovers to go overseas as a "gray conveyor belt" for them to transfer assets and immigrate for asylum. Accepting the children of these corrupt officials to enter and live there for a long time often allows corrupt officials to exploit legal loopholes and quietly enter Taiwan, making free Taiwan a safe haven for corrupt officials of the CCP to get away with corruption and enjoy the benefits of corruption.

This phenomenon is very unfavorable for Taiwan. It is a negative stain in terms of human rights, rule of law, political integrity and international image.

Second, there has always been a harsh power struggle in Zhongnanhai, including Bo Xilai and other senior officials. Although they are seriously corrupt and persecute human rights, the fundamental reason why they were defeated and their children were forced to flee overseas is that they had power conflicts with those in power and were exterminated and politically hunted down. If Taiwan becomes a safe haven for the children of these corrupt officials, it is likely that the Beijing authorities will misunderstand them with a struggle mentality, thus generating more hostility and hatred towards Taiwan.