http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/04/tracing-the-sources-of-bo-xilais-family-fortune/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Sun, 19 May 2013 00:29:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/04/tracing-the-sources-of-bo-xilais-family-fortune/#comment-58930 Will Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:39:07 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=135202#comment-58930 Fat overseas bank accounts are the rule, not the exception, for members of the Party Central Committee and their relatives. Many such accounts are in countries with bank secrecy laws such as Switzerland. Diplomatic cables uncovered by Wikileaks have confirmed this. When even Hu Jintao’s annual salary is only about US$10,000, the question is where does this money come, and as a payment for what sort of services or access?

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