| Story Views | |
| Now: | |
| Last Hour: | |
| Last 24 Hours: | |
| Total: | |
China’s New Shadow Government, Cash For Organs, And The Threat To America
Erik Rush & Jim Garrow Saturday, August 25, 2012
Systematic murders of members of the Falun Gong, harvesting of their organs for transplant, and the billions of dollars made is shocking beyond description
The scandal surrounding China’s former Chongqing Committee Secretary Bo Xilai isn’t the sort of thing the average American news consumer would have initially found terribly interesting, since scandals in governments around the world occur on a regular basis. Add in the fact that press coverage in the West was essentially the party line communicated by the Chinese government, and one has a fairly dull, cut and dried account indeed. The story also didn’t appear to possess the lurid qualities that Americans have been conditioned by the press to expect in “newsworthy” material.
This being the case, the average American news consumer wouldn’t have been aware that February 6, 2012 was the day the U.S. could have gone to war with the People’s Republic of China. It was also the day that the American President Barack Obama turned his back on a Christian trying to do the right thing and threw him to the wolves, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt to the authors of this article that he is not a Christian nor ever was. Christians don’t betray Christians.
The aforementioned Chinese government’s party line regarding these occurrences – most of which was true, but left out a great deal – outlined the story of the singularly ambitious Bo Xilai having conducted illegal electronic surveillance of high-ranking Communist Party officials (including President Hu Jintao) over a long period of time. A money-laundering operation and the murder of a British businessman also appeared to fall at Bo’s feet, and those of his wife, Gu Kailai (Gu was recently convicted of the murder). On February 6, Bo’s police chief, Wang Lijun, who had in recent days become a convert to Christianity and had settled with his conscience to “come clean” about his and the nation of China’s sins, sought refuge at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu.
Here, the story bifurcates, depending on the source. One version states that Wang was under investigation for corruption and was trying to seek asylum in the U.S. in order to escape prosecution. Another says that Wang had information on the involvement of Bo and his wife in the poisoning death of British businessman Neil Heywood (who was found dead in his Chongqing hotel room on November 14, 2011). Heywood had worked with Bo and his wife in his capacity as a consultant for various Western corporate interests. Wang was afraid that Bo would have him killed before he could present the information to authorities.
The fact that the evidence also showed the collusion of Bo, Gu, Wang and high ranking members of the Communist Party Central Committee in the systematic murders of members of the Falun Gong religious group, the harvesting of their organs for transplant, and the billions of dollars made is shocking beyond description.
As Bo’s police chief, Wang had a hand in carrying out much of what the Committee Secretary was doing in his official and “semi-official” capacities. Beyond that, he was also aware of Bo’s aspirations. As indicated earlier, a lot of the account as reported is true; it’s what didn’t make it to press outlets that reported the story that carries graver implications.
It is true that Bo had concerns about Wang Lijun exposing his money laundering, as well as his involvement in Neil Heywood’s murder, but these were almost incidental. Bo Xilai’s designs were no less than the toppling of the current leadership, and this is why his electronic surveillance had extended to the highest levels of the Central Committee, rather than merely serving to thwart organized crime. This is what Bo was concerned about Wang exposing, which is why he had placed Wang under investigation for “corruption.”
Neil Heywood had laundered about $160 million for the Bo family, which was now offshore, but the party line frames a property deal involving Heywood and Bo’s son (Bo Guagua) having gone bad, and Bo’s wife (Gu) killing her friend in some sort of maternal bid to shield Guagua. This is essentially rubbish; Heywood was killed because he was sleeping with Gu, and because she and Heywood had been skimming from the money laundering effort. Bo Xilai found out, and Gu knew what side of the bread her butter was on, so Heywood had to go.
There are fundamental things that Westerners do not understand about China, even those who have had occasion to come to know a few Chinese, or do some business there. Many are even aware of this, but as the saying goes, you don’t know what you don’t know – until you do.
There are Westerners who have cultivated sufficient relationships to do business in China at all levels (Neil Heywood had been one). In their intricate dealings with each other, Chinese officials sometimes have to rely on the discretion of trusted Westerners to address business and other issues wherein doing so within the confines of their own hierarchy might put them at risk. In the case of China’s politics – and particularly concerning individuals as ruthless as Bo Xilai had evidenced he was – this can be a very delicate matter indeed.
