Reply With QuoteDiscussions of this news have been censored to '''' at China's weibo.
So, it is Discuss'''' rather than Discuss....over there in China.
Chinese Politburo Central Committee Soap Opera
Things getting all Crazytown in Chinatown:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000..._largeHeadline
Let's recap:
Politburo Central Committe high flying son of Revolutionary hero(check)
Glamorous wife of Politburo Central Committee high flyer also daughter of a Revolutionary hero (check)
Ferrari driving "little emperor" son of Politburo Central Committee high flyer who liked driving around the daughter of the last US Ambassador to China in his Ferrari(check)
British guy who is a private sector spook befriends and facilitates for the Ferrari driving "little emperor" son of Politburo Central Committe high flyer (check)
British guy dead and cremated without autopsy(check)
Police Chief of Politburo Central Committee higher flyer seeks asylum in US Consulate (check)
Politburo Central Committee high flyer sacked (check)
Glamorous wife of Politburo Central Committee higher flyer arrested for murder (check)
Ferrari driving "little emperor" son of sacked former Politburo Central Committee high flyer holed up in hiding at Harvard U in the USA (check)
Somebody pass the popcorn....and then explain to me how the son of a Communist Politburo member is driving a Ferrari.
2012 and 2013 are going to be really exciting in Asia......you can just about TASTE it.
Discuss....
Discussions of this news have been censored to '''' at China's weibo.
So, it is Discuss'''' rather than Discuss....over there in China.
No Such Opera.
The same way any other human would. By buying it.Originally Posted by Flagg
This is an afterthought. At least the CCP is acting (although this action has political considerations) on these abuses, not like the madness of the Seventies when a Politbureau member was God impersonated. While the CCP is far from a normal political faction, at least not all political sensitivity is dead.
Flagg, forgot where I heard it from, but someone mentioned the run up to the new position of power in the PRC is looking more like a real life The Game of Thrones
The thing is looming little.
I don't think they are that stupid.
In such cases these cars usually belong to a "friend" or some mysterious company that lends it. People and families in such delicate positions usually don't simply buy such sensitive items.
Some people/blogger hint that the 458 that was crashed some time ago in Beijing and caused a China wide censorship of the word "Ferrari" was driven by Bo Jr...
They actually do. The Madam in question is supposed to have an automobile park of 60 vehicles all pertaining to her society. Anyway, the bottom stays true. They've bought it. The question Flagg regarded the origin of the money. Which I fainted to not understand.
But But he's alive...
Keep in mind that a lot of business elite are "bought into" the Politburo's ranks. Political leaders saw the newly established business elite as becoming too powerful and too influential with the new "riches". So they threaten them with taking away their land rights, their gov't contracts etc. After 2000s they began transforming the newly industry captains into the Russian style of "national champions" that Putin introduced in Russia. They brought in the most powerful of the business class into the manifold of the Communist Party. They give them preferential treatment in terms of cheap gov't land, contracts, as well as meaningless official posts with no real power other than nice sounding titles. by bringing in the business elite they socialize them into the system that will benefit them and make them reluctant to seek Western style of open market and more open democratic society.
So that being said there's a bunch of little emperors that might be driving Ferrari or other exotic cars that were more or less earned by their parents, rather than schemed off from some government fund etc.
Woops, you got me there.
I figured they would be smarter than owning such assets openly. The little people don't really appreciate it when a goverment official has too many Ferraris while the people on the countryside have trouble putting enough food on the table.
You are right. The issue is that here we are dealing with Revolutionnary Elite. Most are completely beyond that rationale. This (as SkyUs hinted) is going to be the most problematic aspect of Post-Maoist China. What to do with the offspring of the senile leaders.
My memory is vodka comprised. But im trying to remember a situation where ... I think ...
A local man's daughter was run over by a rich little sh1t son of a local party member. Local man goes to police station to
complain, police beat him and tell him to get stuffed.
Angry mob then burn down police station.
The sacking of Bo indicates the end of power struggle before the transition. Expect a smooth transition in leadership, and uninterrupted development of China.
Nice......that goes along the lines of the angry villagers protesting property development that freezes them out of the big money opportunities for the well connected.
I suspect we'll be reading about the HUGE investment China's been making in domestic security that dwarfs it's overstated military power projection spending.
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