Bao Tong: Guo Wengui & ‘Chinese Characteristics’

Bao Tong: Guo Wengui & ‘Chinese Characteristics’

Bao Tong, once an aide to former CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, was arrested in Beijing on May 28, 1989, just days before Zhao resigned in protest of Deng Xiaoping’s use of military force against pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Bao was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 1992 for “revealing state secrets and counter-revolutionary propagandizing,” and became the highest ranking official to be charged in relation to the 1989 movement. After serving his full term in solitary confinement, Bao continues to be under the close watch of authorities, and nevertheless speaks out on sensitive issues such as official corruption, civil rightsfree expression, and the Dalai Lama.

In a series of recent tweets Bao Tong signaled his approval of fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui‘s ongoing social-media fueled campaign of allegations against top Chinese officials and business people:

I wasn’t able to see exactly what “Chinese characteristics” are. Teacher Guo Wengui pointed them out, saying “look!”

I can now also finally see it clearly: it is darkness! Chinese characteristics are precisely that.

Thank you teacher for your instruction, thank you!

The 7/17 video is good! Indelible.

A heavy load and a long road.

Guo Wengui offers a trail of clues denouncing HNA.

Xinhua issues reports defending HNA.

Bank of America decides to halt business with HNA.

The European Central Bank prepares to investigate HNA’s purchase of Deutsche Bank resources.  

It’s dizzying—foreign forces assist with China’s anti-corruption drive; Xinhua shows its true colors to be anti-anti-corruption.

Whether or not the CCDI and the Procuratorate want to file a case is still unknown.

Apologies! Error in my last tweet, “whether or not the CCDI and the Procuratorate WANT to file” was supposed to be “whether or not they will DARE to file.”

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. has been the subject of several corruption allegations by Guo Wengui which tie the company’s holdings to top leader Wang Qishan and his relatives. HNA’s shares reportedly plunged in April after Guo’s allegations, and the holding company has filed a defamation lawsuit against Guo in New York. HNA’s global activity has been under scrutiny—last week, Bank of America Corp. ordered investment bankers to stop working on transactions with HNA, and it was reported that the European Central Bank was considering an investigation into HNA’s purchase of a stake in Deutsche Bank—and the firm today released a statement claiming that two charities own the majority of its shares in response to concerns about its ownership structure.

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