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官二代 (guān èr dài): Generation of the officials’ children

Just as families hand down wealth from generation to generation (see rich second generation), they also pass down the keys to political power.

One prime example of this is Bo Guagua, the son of former Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Chongqing Bo Xilai. Photographs of the younger Bo embracing British women in various degrees of inebriation have recently made the rounds of the Chinese blogosphere.

Sometimes the children of officials are referred to as princelings or members of the Crown Prince Party.

Contents 1 Bo Guagua Graduates From Harvard 2 For Leaders, Fear at the Top? 3 NYT: Inside the Princeling “Spoils System” 4 Li Xueming’s Princeling Identity Crisis 5 Bo Xilai, Politics and the CCP

Bo Guagua Graduates From Harvard

24 May 2012, by Scott Greene

For Leaders, Fear at the Top?

21 May 2012, by Scott Greene

NYT: Inside the Princeling “Spoils System”

20 May 2012, by Scott Greene

Li Xueming’s Princeling Identity Crisis

16 May 2012, by Scott Greene

Bo Xilai, Politics and the CCP

4 May 2012, by Scott Greene