The Chinese authorities refused to comment on the news that Bo Guagua, the son of Bo Xilai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee, is marrying a Taiwanese person. They only expressed opposition to “malicious” speculations on the matter. Official media also removed the questions and responses from the press conference.
According to reports from Reuters, Central News Agency, and Liberty Times, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, stated during a routine press conference on November 27 that they had “no comment” on Bo Guagua’s marriage to a Taiwanese individual. However, he emphasized that the Chinese government “opposes malicious news hype” on the issue. Chen Binhua avoided mentioning the names of those involved and the term “Bo Xilai.”
The official Chinese media live-streamed the press conference, but the text related to the questions about “Bo Guagua” was deleted from the online transcript on the Taiwan Affairs Office’s official website.
Bo Guagua’s grandfather, Bo Yibo, was a senior Chinese Communist Party figure. His father, Bo Xilai, who served as a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013 for corruption, bribery, and abuse of power during his tenure in Chongqing. He is currently imprisoned at Qin Cheng Prison in Beijing.
The Bo Xilai case is a taboo subject in China and remains undiscussed in public. Bo Xilai was seen as a contender for the top leadership position, leading to his imprisonment after being accused of attempted coup d’état by then-Party leader Hu Jintao and current leader Xi Jinping.
On February 6, 2012, Wang Lijun, then Chief of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, escaped to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu with confidential information, seeking political asylum and exposing the secrets of the Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang coup. The “Wang Lijun Incident” shook the Chinese political arena and was the first instance in 62 years of Communist Party rule where a deputy ministerial-level official sought refuge at a U.S. consulate.
Reports revealed Bo’s and Zhou’s meticulous plan to stage a coup to seize power and replace Xi Jinping, aiming to have their descendants continue to hold the highest positions in the Communist Party.
At the time, several overseas media outlets exposed a list related to the “Bo and Zhou coup”. The list indicated that Bo Xilai planned to hold positions such as Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, General Secretary of the Communist Party, State President, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with his son Bo Guagua coordinating with overseas media.
Bo Guagua’s marriage with a Taiwanese national has heightened sensitivity to the matter. He arrived in Taiwan on November 13 and held a wedding banquet with Hsu Hui-yu, the granddaughter of Hsu Wen-cheng, a local figure in Lo Dong’s Bo Ai Hospital, on the evening of November 23. In the past two weeks, Bo Guagua’s wedding in Taiwan has become a focal point of Taiwanese media coverage, yet Chinese media has remained silent on the issue.
Bo Guagua’s mother, Gu Kailai, was sentenced to death in 2012 for the intentional murder of Neil Heywood, a British national, which was later commuted to life imprisonment after a two-year reprieve in 2014.
Exclusive information obtained by Epoch Times shows that Gu Kailai was a key figure in the group behind Bo Xilai’s and Zhou Yongkang’s coup attempt. Gu Kailai was involved in crimes such as organ harvesting and illegal international trafficking of bodies. Heywood’s death was linked to Gu Kailai’s activities involving organ and body trafficking, leading to his murder to silence him.