{"id":169779,"date":"2014-03-04T09:44:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=169779"},"modified":"2014-03-04T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T23:24:55","slug":"netizen-voices-certain-retired-old-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/03\/netizen-voices-certain-retired-old-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizen Voices: “Certain Retired Leader” Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released a report last week alleging graft among officials at the state-owned China Three Gorges Corporation<\/a>\u2014the power company established in 1993 to oversee construction of the controversial Three Gorges Dam<\/a> project. A state media report rounding up coverage of the CCDI probe\u2019s findings<\/a> [zh] noted secretive construction bids, bribery, and interference by \u201ca certain retired old leader\u201d (\u4e2a\u522b\u9000\u4f11\u8001\u9886\u5bfc) and his family members. The ambiguous language had many netizens wondering which unnamed leader might be the next casualty of the Xi Administration\u2019s ongoing crackdown on corruption<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u738b\u5174\u5f8b\u5e08v<\/a>: Who is this certain retired leader that the inspection team has fingered for meddling in the Three Gorges Corporation\u2019s affairs???<\/p>\n \u5de1\u89c6\u7ec4\u70b9\u4e86\u7684\u67d0\u9000\u4f11\u8001\u9886\u5bfc\u5e72\u9884\u4e09\u5ce1\u96c6\u56e2\u4e8b\u52a1\u8bf4\u7684\u662f\u8c01\u554a\uff1f\uff1f\uff1f\uff1f<\/p>\n \u7279\u8bb8\u8fde\u9501\u674e\u7ef4\u534e<\/a>: \u201cOld leader,\u201d how profound. Who is it?<\/p>\n \u201c\u8001\u9886\u5bfc\u201d\u610f\u5473\u6df1\u957f\uff0c\u662f\u8c01\u5462\uff1f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Some netizens did their own reckoning:<\/p>\n \u5b9d\u56db\u5954\u4e94<\/a>: Old Li, was it you who was meddling? You sure have your feet in deep. You already irrigated the Three Gorges Dam project. \/\/@\u5b9d\u56db\u5954\u4e94<\/a>: Was it Old Li? \/\/@\u5317\u4eac\u914b\u957f<\/a>: That\u2019s quite a proposal!\/\/@\u65f7\u4e16\u7f8a\u500c<\/a>: +1, I hope the aforementioned \u201cOld Leader\u201d is made public, and also the innocence of other old leaders (that is, if there still are any innocent old leaders).<\/p>\n \u8001\u674e\u90a3\u53eb\u63d2\u624b\u5417\uff1f\u817f\u90fd\u8fdb\u53bb\u591a\u6df1\u4e86\uff01\u5df2\u7ecf\u6d47\u704c\u5230\u4e09\u5ce1\u5de5\u7a0b\u91cc\u9762\u4e86\u3002 \/\/@\u5b9d\u56db\u5954\u4e94<\/a>:\u662f\u8001\u674e\u5417\uff1f \/\/@\u5317\u4eac\u914b\u957f<\/a>:\u8fd9\u4e2a\u63d0\u8bae\u597d\uff01 \/\/@\u65f7\u4e16\u7f8a\u500c<\/a>: +1\u3001\u5e0c\u671b\u516c\u5f00\u8be5\u8001\u9886\u5bfc\uff0c\u8fd8\u5176\u4ed6\u8001\u9886\u5bfc\u6e05\u767d\uff08\u5f53\u7136\u5047\u5982\u8fd8\u6709\u6e05\u767d\u8001\u9886\u5bfc\u7684\u8bdd)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Li Peng retired from political life in 2003 after a highly decorated Party career. Between 1988 and 1998, Li was the premier of the PRC, and the second most powerful member of the Communist Party. He earned the nickname “Butcher of Beijing” after declaring martial law in Beijing in June 1989<\/a>, which led to the military’s violent suppression of the protest movement. During his tenure as premier, the heavily debated Three Gorges Dam was his pet project<\/a>. If the above netizen speculation turns out to be true, Li could one day eclipse embattled and similarly retired old leader Zhou Yongkang as the biggest \u201ctiger\u201d to be netted in Xi\u2019s anti-corruption campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u5f90\u9759\u6ce2\u5fae\u535a<\/a>\u00a0posted a picture showing Li Peng\u2019s daughter Li Xiaolin, who was implicated last October in a multi-million dollar bribery<\/a> case, which allegedly occurred while her father was in office.<\/p>\n \u5f90\u9759\u6ce2\u5fae\u535a<\/a>\uff1aCommittee Member Li has been awfully quiet this year<\/p>\n \u674e\u59d4\u5458\u4eca\u5e74\u7279\u4f4e\u8c03<\/p>\n Li Xiaolin’s\u00a0luxurious wardrobe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0public statements<\/a>\u00a0have made her the\u00a0brunt of\u00a0weibo<\/em>\u00a0criticism<\/a>\u00a0many times in the past.\u00a0Netizen \u9a6c\u5e74\u5927\u5409\u7684\u5b8f<\/a> sarcastically came to Li Xiaolin\u2019s defense:<\/p>\n\n
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